Associations to the word «Duress»
Noun
- Coercion
- Compulsion
- Confession
- Defendant
- Fraud
- Intoxication
- Domination
- Interrogation
- Torture
- Void
- Consent
- Threat
- Incarceration
- Authentication
- Allergy
- Captor
- Confinement
- Imprisonment
- Defence
- Insanity
- Flu
- Plea
- Oath
- Bargaining
- Amnesty
- Heretic
- Prosecution
- Agreement
- Accused
- Statement
- Vineyard
- Offence
- Arbitration
- Contract
- Harm
- Partition
- Defense
- Dom
- Necessity
- Ache
- Treaty
- Promise
- Nazis
- Treason
- Allegation
- Citizenship
- Circumstance
- Alarm
- Genocide
- Violence
- Jury
- Constraint
- Coup
- Mistake
Adjective
Verb
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
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.