coercion
noun
the act of coercing; use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance.
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It must be remembered to the lasting honor of Senator Crittenden that at the very outset of the discussion he repudiated the absurd theory of noncoercion.
From Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by John George Nicolay