- the act of impelling, driving onward, or pushing.
- the resulting state or effect; impulse; impetus.
- the inciting influence of some feeling or motive; mental impulse.
- a constraining or inciting action exerted on the mind or conduct: divine impulsion.
- the act of impelling or the state of being impelled
- motion produced by an impulse; propulsion
- a driving force; compulsion
