- 1. n. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. Source: opted
- 2. n. 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To subject to duress. Source: opted
- 4. n. compulsory force or threat Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty. The agreements . . . made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force. Burke. 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. To subject to duress. "The party duressed." Bacon. Source: webster
- 6. The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person isinfluenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or byactual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability orto commit an offense. Source: adambom
- 7. n:100 n. compulsory force or threat Source: ecdict
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