Was compelled to do, forced to do
He was obliged to do it. He could not choose any other option but to do it.
("And when his son Shimon heard these things, that he had suffered great loss in his father's monasticism, he was compelled to do his father's will, so as not to be deprived of his pleasure" - Shu't from Bayt Helek 3 Siman Kalat, and so: "The one said, that he was compelled to make a renunciation... from the heat of refusal and the first excommunication that was upon him" - Shu't Harama Siman Na And so: "Every one takes the collar of his fellow and says, 'Because of him we are forced to do the Sabbath here' - Peace be upon you/ We are stealing to cross the border, 2Kb)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הָיָה אָנוּס לַעֲשׂוֹת, נֶאֱנַס לַעֲשׂוֹת
Definition (Hebrew)
הָיָה מְחֻיָּב לַעֲשׂוֹת. לֹא יָכֹל לִבְחֹר בְּאֶפְשָׁרוּת אַחֶרֶת אֶלָּא לְבַצֵּעַ.
("וּכְשֶׁשָּׁמַע בְּנוֹ שִׁמְעוֹן דְּבָרִים אֵלּוּ שֶׁהָיָה לוֹ הֶפְסֵד גָּדוֹל בַּנְּזִירוּת שֶׁל אָבִיו נֶאֱנַס לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹן אָבִיו כְּדֵי שֶׁלֹּא לִהְיוֹת מֻדַּר הֲנָאָתוֹ"- שׁוּ"ת מבי"ט חֵלֶק ג סִימָן קָלַט, וְכֵן:"הָאֶחָד אָמַר, שֶׁהָיָה אָנוּס לַעֲשׂוֹת רִינוֹנַצְיָא...מֵחֲמַת סַרְבָנוּת וְנִדְוֵי הָרִאשׁוֹן שֶׁהָיָה עָלָיו"- שׁוּ"ת הָרְמָ"א סִימָן נָא ,וְכֵן:"כָּל אֶחָד תּוֹלֶה אֶת הַקּוֹלָר בְּצַוַּאר חֲבֵרוֹ וְאוֹמֵר, כִּי בִּגְלָלוֹ אֲנוּסִים אֲנַחְנוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת פֹּה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ אָנוּ מִתְגַּנְּבִים לַעֲבֹר אֶת הַגְּבוּל, קכב)