Associations to the word «Duress»
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
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.