coercion

noun

1. 1

   (not countable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

2. 2

   (not countable) Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.

3. 3

   A specific instance of coercing.

4. 4

   Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

5. 5

   The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.