Uk English Meaning of duress

duress

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Definitions and Meaning of duress in English

Wordnet

duress (n)

compulsory force or threat

Webster

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.

Webster

duress (v. t.)

To subject to duress.

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duress

compulsory force or threatHardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty., The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influen

coercion,Compulsion,constraint,intimidation,pressure,arm-twisting,fear,force,stress,threat

agreement,Approval,consent,Permission,persuasion,reason,convincing,persuasion

durer => Durer, durene => Durene, dureless => dureless, dureful => durable, dure => hard,