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
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.