coercion
B2CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
NeutralRegister
General noun
The use of force or threats to make someone act against their will.
A confession obtained through coercion carries no weight in court.
Medicine noun
The practice of forcing someone to act against their will through threats or pressure.
We must make sure the decision reflects your own wishes and is not the result of coercion.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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