Definition of "coercion" in İngilizce

noun

1. (uncountable) Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

2. (law, uncountable) 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. (countable) A specific instance of coercing.

4. (programming, countable) Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.

5. (linguistics, semantics) The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.

6. (libertarianism) The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.