coercion

noun6

1. •
   Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.

   • One of the primary objectives of the foreign policy of the United States is the creation of conditions in which we and other nations will be able to work out a way of life free from coercion. — 1947
2. •
   Use of physical or moral force to compel a person to do something, or to abstain from doing something, thereby depriving that person of the exercise of free will.
3. •
   A specific instance of coercing.
4. •
   The initiation or threat of conflict; aggression.
5. •
   Conversion of a value of one data type to a value of another data type.
6. •
   The process by which the meaning of a word or other linguistic element is reinterpreted to match the grammatical context.

   • But often the pieces of information do not fit together and have to be shifted in meaning to confirm with the rest of the sentence. These shifts are called coercion — 2008