Associations to the word «Durance»
Noun
- Erica
- Avignon
- Provence
- Lois
- Marseille
- Oiler
- Incarceration
- Aix
- Confluence
- Alps
- Alp
- Chasm
- Quixote
- Tributary
- Chloe
- Mack
- Allison
- Sur
- En
- Saturn
- Var
- Lane
- Commune
- Pile
- Valley
- Superman
- Kilometre
- Flow
- Prison
- River
- Clark
- Indication
- Fortress
- Glacier
- Actress
- Liberty
- Ferry
- Gap
- Apple
- Fault
- Prisoner
- Basin
- Escape
- Flood
- Canal
- Saint
- Starring
- Corn
- La
- Hero
- Dam
- Slope
- Exercise
- France
- Cousin
- Le
- Strength
- Des
- Knight
- Route
- East
- Bank
- Join
- Tom
- West
- Stream
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Wiktionary
DURANCE, noun. (obsolete) Duration.
DURANCE, noun. (obsolete) Endurance.
DURANCE, noun. (archaic) Imprisonment; forced confinement.
DURANCE VILE, noun. (obsolete) A long prison sentence.
Dictionary definition
DURANCE, noun. Imprisonment (especially for a long time).
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.