Associations to the word «Durance»

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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King