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Meaning of 'duress' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Duress [ n.]
- Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
- The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.
2 . Duress [ v. t.]
- To subject to duress.

Meaning of 'duress' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . duress [ n]
Meaning (1):
- compulsory force or threat
Example in sentence:
  • confessed under duress

Nearby Words:

dur dura dura mater durability durable durableness durably dural duramen durance

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