Hyphenation of compulsion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word compulsion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

com-pul-sion

Definitions of compulsion:

1.	An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid He felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident
2.	An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will Her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly
3.	Using force to cause something to occur Though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game They didn't have to use coercion

Synonyms of compulsion:

noun	irresistible impulse, irrational impulse
noun	obsession, irrational motive
noun	coercion, causing, causation

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