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Duress

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Noun

1. duress

compulsory force or threat

Example Sentences:
'confessed under duress'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Duress

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noun
1. 
compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress)
2. law
the illegal exercise of coercion
3. 
confinement; imprisonment

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Duress

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noun
1. 
imprisonment
2. 
the use of force or threats; compulsion
a confession signed under duress

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Duress

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n.
1.
a. Compulsion by threat or violence; coercion: confessed under duress.
b. Constraint or difficulty caused by misfortune: "children who needed only temporary care because their parents were ill, out of work, or under some other form of duress" (Stephan O'Connor).
2. Law
a. A fraud achieved through the use of a threat or compulsion: She had a cause of action for duress. His claim was based on duress.
b. A criminal defense for an act undertaken under threat of serious bodily harm: His defense was duress.
3. Forcible confinement.

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