Duress

Definition:

  • (n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
  • (n.) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.
  • (v. t.) To subject to duress.

Compare duress with other words:

coerce vs. duress

dress vs. duress

duress vs. menace

coercion vs. duress

duress vs. strain

cow vs. duress

duress vs. reluctance

distress vs. duress

duress vs. restive

duress vs. force

duress vs. threat

duress vs. pressure