duress (Meaning)
duress (n)
compulsory force or threat
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.
duress (v. t.)
To subject to duress.
Synonyms & Antonyms of duress
duress Sentence Examples
- Under duress from the armed robbers, the accountant reluctantly handed over the money.
- When the police arrested the suspect, he claimed he had acted under duress.
- The court agreed to hear the defendant's argument that he had been coerced under duress to sign the contract.
- The kidnapping victim was released after his family paid a ransom under duress.
- The politician resigned from office amid allegations that he had accepted bribes under duress.
- The hostages were eventually released, but only after their captors were subjected to duress by the military.
- The witness was hesitant to testify, fearing that he would be subjected to duress if he did.
- The lawyer argued that the confession was inadmissible because it had been obtained under duress.
- The professor accused the university administration of using duress to force faculty to accept lower pay.
- The international community condemned the regime for its use of duress to silence political dissent.
FAQs About the word duress
compulsory force or threatHardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty., The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influen
constraint, compulsion, intimidation, coercion,pressure, threat, fear, stress, force, arm-twisting
approval, approval, consent, consent, agreement,agreement, permission, permission,reason, persuasion
Under duress from the armed robbers, the accountant reluctantly handed over the money.
When the police arrested the suspect, he claimed he had acted under duress.
The court agreed to hear the defendant's argument that he had been coerced under duress to sign the contract.
The kidnapping victim was released after his family paid a ransom under duress.
