Alternative and Compulsion

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Alternative noun - The power, right, or opportunity to choose.

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Compulsion is an antonym for alternative in possible choice topic.

Compulsion noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.

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Alternative is an antonym for compulsion.

common	common alternative	common compulsion
legal	legal alternative	legal compulsion
unpleasant	unpleasant alternative	unpleasant compulsion
actual	actual alternative	actual compulsion
Other adjectives: violent, moral, new.

The Only Resort: Papa Roach's "Last Resort" becomes a song about a man with a compulsion to kill chickens, and consider no alternative to killing them.

Source: Music / Every Ape And His Brother
Space Vampires Explanation Alternative name for Blood Angels Chapter, whose members are all Bishounen who feel compulsion to drink blood.

Source: Memes / Tabletop Games

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