Associations to the word «Duress»
Noun
- Barton
- Stress
- Pin
- Offense
- Murder
- Burden
- Thriller
- Headache
- Person
- Hostage
- Pressure
- Lords
- Testimony
- Commitment
- Influence
- Suicide
- Crime
- Surrender
- Evidence
- Clause
- Witness
- Fatigue
- Court
- Appeal
- Lawyer
- Prisoner
- Doctrine
- Claim
- Victim
- Conversion
- Judge
- Law
- Hitler
- Situation
- Negotiation
- Builder
- Decision
- Jews
- Code
- Signing
- Signature
- Arrest
- Divorce
- Ltd
- Conscience
- Case
- Punishment
- Fear
- Pope
- Survival
- Payment
- Conduct
- Asset
Adjective
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Wiktionary
DURESS, noun. (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
DURESS, noun. Constraint by threat.
DURESS, noun. (legal) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restraint of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offence.
DURESS, verb. To put under duress; to pressure.
Dictionary definition
DURESS, noun. Compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress".
Wise words
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