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Definition

An act that has been repeated to the point where the performance of the act becomes automatic.

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In Context

  • ""Only force of habit will explain why people today do honor to Christopher Columbus." - New York Times, 1937"
  • "The Tin Woodman lay down on his bed from force of habit, for he remembered when he was made of flesh; but not being able to sleep, he passed the night moving his joints up and down to make sure they kept in good working order."