compulsatory
Adjective

compulsatory

  1. Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
    • c.1599-1601, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Act 1, Scene 1,
      But to recover of us, by strong hand / And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands / So by his father lost: ...
    • 1951, UNESCO, Compulsatory education in Australia: a study by the Australian national co-operating body for education,



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