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Definition of: duress

(doobrever′is, dyoobrever′-, doobreve·res′, dyoobreve-) noun
Constraint by force or fear; compulsion; imprisonment. Also du·resse′. See synonyms under fetter. [<OF duresse hardness, constraint <L duritia <durus hard]

Most often used phrases:

extreme duress
economic duress
duress code
physical duress
financial duress
mental duress
great duress
emotional duress
psychological duress
duress defense
fraud duress
establish duress
considerable duress
act duress
duress torture

'duress' used in domains:

duresssystem.com
eau-de-duresses.com
duressdpalmyrene.com
francoiseduresse.com
duressmovie.com
duressalarms.com

Statistical data

"duress" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on city-data.com forum

"duress" has the frequency of use of 0.0001% on en.wikipedia.org.

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