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1. (n.) duress
compulsion by threat or force.
2. duress
constraint or coercion of a degree sufficient to void any legal agreement entered into or any act performed under its influence.
3. duress
forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME duresse < MF duresse, -esce, -ece < L dūritia hardness, harshness, oppression)
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1. (noun) duress
compulsory force or threat
"confessed under duress"
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1. (noun) duress
hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty
2. (noun) duress
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
3. (verb) duress
to subject to duress
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