'Duress' definitions:
Definition of 'duress'
(from WordNet)
noun
Compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"
Definition of 'Duress'
From: GCIDE
- Duress \Du"ress\, n. [OF. duresse, du?, hardship, severity, L. duritia, durities, fr. durus hard. See Dure.]
- 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. [1913 Webster]
- The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Duress'
From: GCIDE
- Duress \Du*ress"\, v. t. To subject to duress. "The party duressed." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'duress'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amperage,
- argumentum baculinum,
- armipotence,
- authority,
- beef,
- black power,
- brute force,
- captivity,
- charge,
- charisma,
- close arrest,
- clout,
- coercion,
- cogence,
- cogency,
- compulsion,
- compulsoriness,
- confinement,
- constraint,
- detention,
- dint,
- drive,
- durance,
- durance vile,
- effect,
- effectiveness,
- effectuality,
- energy,
- flower power,
- force,
- force majeure,
- forcefulness,
- full blast,
- full force,
- high pressure,
- house arrest,
- immuration,
- immurement,
- imprisonment,
- incarceration,
- influence,
- internment,
- intimidation,
- jailing,
- main force,
- main strength,
- mana,
- mandatedness,
- mandatoriness,
- might,
- might and main,
- mightiness,
- moxie,
- muscle power,
- necessariness,
- necessitation,
- necessitude,
- necessity,
- obligation,
- obligatoriness,
- obligement,
- pizzazz,
- poop,
- potence,
- potency,
- potentiality,
- power,
- power pack,
- power structure,
- power struggle,
- powerfulness,
- prepotency,
- pressure,
- productiveness,
- productivity,
- puissance,
- pull,
- punch,
- push,
- restraint,
- sinew,
- steam,
- strength,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm tactics,
- superiority,
- superpower,
- term of imprisonment,
- the big stick,
- the bludgeon,
- the club,
- the jackboot,
- the mailed fist,
- the strong arm,
- the sword,
- threat,
- throughout,
- validity,
- vehemence,
- vigor,
- vim,
- violence,
- virility,
- virtue,
- virulence,
- vitality,
- wattage,
- weight