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duress

[ doo-res, dyoo-, door-is, dyoor- ]

noun

  1. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.
  3. forcible restraint, especially imprisonment.


duress

/ djʊə-; djʊˈrɛs /

noun

  1. compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress )
  2. law the illegal exercise of coercion
  3. confinement; imprisonment
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duress1

1275–1325; Middle English duresse < Middle French duresse, -esce, -ece < Latin »åÅ«°ù¾±³Ù¾±²¹ hardness, harshness, oppression, equivalent to »åÅ«°ù ( us ) hard + -itia -ice
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of duress1

C14: from Old French duresse, from Latin »åÅ«°ù¾±³Ù¾±²¹ hardness, from »åÅ«°ùus hard
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His family and lawyers have always insisted that the evidence against him is almost entirely based on a confession given under severe duress.

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There are other remarkable innovations that Palestinians in Gaza have made under immense duress, with the threat of injury or death always looming.

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From the opening moments of Episode 4, the characters telegraphed duress through some phone calls.

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Nearly three decades later, after two prosecution witnesses said they testified under duress, President Gerald Ford granted her an unconditional pardon.

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Soderbergh describes his choice of the horror genre as a Trojan horse, in which the ghostly element acts to reveal “a family under duress and in danger of coming apart.â€

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