mindmap root((强制)) force is the general term and implies the overcoming of resistance by the exertion of strength, power, weight, stress, or duress: ~d the prisoner to sign the confession. compel typically requires a personal or personalized object and suggests the working of authority or of an irresistible force: all workers are ~led to pay taxes. coerce suggests the overcoming of resistance or unwillingness by actual or threatened severe violence or intimidation: ~d by gangsters into selling his business. constrain suggests a forcing by constricting, confining, or binding action or choice: ~ed by my conscience to see that justice was done. oblige implies the constaint of necessity, law, reason, or duty: I am ~d to inform you of your rights.