Compulsion and Command

noun

• An urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid.
  • usage: "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
  • synonyms: irresistible impulse
• An irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will.
  • usage: "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"
  • synonyms: obsession
• Using force to cause something to occur.
  • usage: "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
  • synonyms: coercion

(n.) The act of compelling or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.

noun

• An authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
  • synonyms: bid, bidding, dictation
• A military unit or region under the control of a single officer.
• The power or authority to command.
  • usage: "an admiral in command"
• Availability for use.
  • usage: "the materials at the command of the potters grew"
• A position of highest authority.
  • usage: "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"
• Great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity.
  • usage: "a good command of French"
  • synonyms: control, mastery
• Computer science. ( a line of code written as part of a computer program)
  • synonyms: instruction, statement, program line

verb

• Be in command of.
  • usage: "The general commanded a huge army"
• Make someone do something.
  • synonyms: require
• Demand as one's due.
  • usage: "This speaker commands a high fee"; "The author commands a fair hearing from his readers"
• Look down on.
  • usage: "The villa dominates the town"
  • synonyms: dominate, overlook, overtop
• Exercise authoritative control or power over.
  • usage: "control the budget"; "Command the military forces"
  • synonyms: control

• (v.t.) To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.
• (v.i.) To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.
• (v.t.) To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.
• (n.) A body of troops or any naval or military force or post or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
• (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
• (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
• (v.t.) To direct to come; to bestow.
• (v.t.) To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to receive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.
• (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
• (n.) Power to dominate, command or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
• (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
• (v.t.) To have within a sphere of control, influence, access or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.
• (v.i.) To have a view, as from a superior position.

(DoD) The authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planning the employment of, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. It also includes responsibility for health, welfare, morale, and discipline of assigned personnel.
(DoD) An order given by a commander; that is, the will of the commander expressed for the purpose of bringing about a particular action.
(DoD) A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. Also called CMD. See also area command; combatant command; combatant command (command authority).