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1. coercive= using threats or orders to make someone do something they do not want to do 

e.g. coercive measures to reduce absenteeism

2. therapeutic= 1 making you feel calm and relaxed 

e.g. I find swimming very therapeutic. 

*2[usually before noun] relating to the treatment or cure of an illness → therapy 

Some claim that the herb has therapeutic value for treating pain.

—therapeutically /-kli/ adverb

3.confront=  if a problem, difficulty etc confronts you, it appears and needs to be dealt with 

e.g. The problems confronting the new government were enormous.

e.g. be confronted with something

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