The term compelled is a qualifying adjective that is normally used to designate those people who have been forced by force majeure to act or behave in such a way, perhaps against their own will. Whenever we talk about someone who acts compelled or the act of compelling another person, an implicit reference is made to a need since the obligation to act in such a way is not fortuitous or accidental but has to do with fulfilling an objective or achieve a certain result. The term is very commonly used, for example, in work environments in which there are permanent demands and needs to be resolved.
The term compeler is not entirely common in the daily use of the Castilian and Spanish languages since it always implies a certain level of seriousness or formality in the acts in which the situation unfolds. However, this does not mean that it cannot be used in spontaneous or freer situations.
The idea of compelling or of an individual who has been compelled to act in a certain way leads us to think that there is always an external force that exerts that obligation on the individual and therefore he has no choice but to act or behave as he does. The external force can also come from within a person (for example when the conscience dictates how to act to one) but it is understood as something different from the subject since it forces him against his will.
The term is very common in work spaces in which people must meet certain objectives or results and then they are compelled or forced to perform certain tasks. At the same time, it is also a term commonly used in judicial language when it seeks to refer to the idea that someone was forced to commit an act that can be understood as a crime, then it serves as a mitigating factor.
