Definitions
Required by rule, law, or obligation.
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.
Used in a sentence
“The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.”
“They are entirely private concerns, established by individual teachers, and attendance upon them is no more compulsory than attendance on our dispensaries.”
“Some might agree that membership in the firm is perhaps more compulsory than membership in a municipality, but balk at applying the analogy to the nation.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Set by rule”10 letters
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