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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Compulsory \Com*pul"so*ry\, adjective [LL. compulsorius.]
1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion.
This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
compulsory
adjective: required by rule; "in most schools physical education are compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" [syn: {mandatory}, {required}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
41 Moby Thesaurus words for "compulsory": absolute, binding, choiceless, coactive, compelling, compulsatory, compulsive, conclusive, constraining, decisive, decretory, dictated, driving, entailed, exigent, final, hard-and-fast, imperative, imperious, importunate, imposed, inevitable, involuntary, irresistible, irrevocable, mandated, mandatory, must, necessary, necessitous, obligatory, peremptory, prescript, prescriptive, pressing, required, restraining, ultimate, urgent, without appeal, without choice
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