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duress
[ doo-res, dyoo-, door-is, dyoor- ]
noun
- compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
Synonyms: ,
- Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.
- forcible restraint, especially imprisonment.
duress
/ djʊə-; djʊˈrɛs /
noun
- compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress )
- law the illegal exercise of coercion
- confinement; imprisonment
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of duress1
Example Sentences
His family and lawyers have always insisted that the evidence against him is almost entirely based on a confession given under severe duress.
There are other remarkable innovations that Palestinians in Gaza have made under immense duress, with the threat of injury or death always looming.
From the opening moments of Episode 4, the characters telegraphed duress through some phone calls.
Nearly three decades later, after two prosecution witnesses said they testified under duress, President Gerald Ford granted her an unconditional pardon.
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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