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The Meaning of duress
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(n.) Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
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(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.
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(v. t.) To subject to duress.
Synonyms
fetter
,
bondage
,
custody
,
gyves
,
irons
,
bonds
,
durance
,
handcuffs
,
manacles
,
chains
,
imprisonment
,
shackles
Rhymes
shell-less
,
picaresque
,
process
,
egress
,
nes ness
,
kless
,
harlequinesque
,
profess
,
pesce
,
another-guess
,
possess
,
repress
,
dress
,
wes
,
aguascalientes
,
sh
,
decompress
,
viceless
,
outguess
,
misaddress
,
ingress
,
express'
,
fluoresce
,
retrogress
,
miramontes
,
tress
,
divests egress
,
pseudo-dantesque
,
kress
,
defervesce
,
abscess
,
success
,
guess
,
nationales
,
press'
,
regress
,
lcs
,
s
,
talamantes
,
convalesce
,
ts
,
cress
,
dantesque
,
cess
,
ccs
,
perales
,
undress unless
,
aggress
,
tess
,
express
,
etess
,
suppress
,
mess
,
ls
,
leonardesque
,
princess
,
hess
,
mijares
,
compress
,
fontes
,
fress
,
evanesce
,
obsolesce
,
oppress
,
transgress
,
nonetheless
,
churrigueresque
,
unless
,
nightdress
,
redress
,
depress
,
viramontes
,
tabares
,
cazares
,
moresque
,
impress
,
shirt-dress
,
wall-less
,
repossess
,
opalesce
,
fess
,
morales
,
mendes
,
wardress
,
inverness
,
recrudesce
,
phosphoresce
,
confess
,
full-dress
,
nevertheless
,
deliquesce
,
effervesce
,
corrales
,
assess
,
chess
,
generales
,
compress confess
,
nogales
,
bress
,
prepossess
,
comtesse
,
bell-less
,
mss
,
unstress
,
effloresce
,
portales
,
second-guess
,
overdress
,
l'express
,
precess
,
cps
,
gill-less
,
ess
,
bless
,
careless
,
recalesce
,
caress
,
undress
,
uss
,
oas
,
jess
,
address
,
acquiesce
,
unsuccess
,
des
,
dispossess
,
kresse
,
peruginesque
,
yes
,
manzanares
,
largesse
,
retests siese
,
hull-less
,
housedress
,
casares
,
kness
,
junoesque
,
smell-less
,
top-dress
,
londonesque
,
less
,
caresse
,
duress
,
gress
,
lesche
,
progress
,
landless
,
kess
,
minjares
,
obsess
,
presse
,
ellesse
,
kubes
,
salles
,
will-less
,
gess
,
access
,
hot-press
,
ness
,
cervantes
,
les
,
bresse
,
finesse
,
winepress
,
coalesce
,
fluoresce forbess
,
suit-dress
,
pless
,
reinvests repossess
,
intumesce
,
pettiness
,
ws
,
excess
,
alvares
,
ches
,
recess
,
bunyanesque
,
ye'se
,
s.
,
pontes
,
reprocess
,
vess
,
intrusiveness
,
underdress
,
rezendes
,
vares
,
headdress
,
refenes
,
incandesce
,
tavares
,
tcas
,
valladares
,
re-press
,
solares
,
coatdress
,
songstress
,
guests hess
,
olivares
,
reassess
,
noblesse
,
rejuvenesce
,
wess
,
gutless
,
luminesce
,
distress
,
besse
,
lutece lyness
,
readdress
,
prestress
,
hesse
,
lincolnesque
,
hces
,
abs
,
digress
,
stress
,
empress
,
r-less
,
es ess
,
simplesse
,
watercress
,
palomares
,
esse
,
side-dress
,
normanesque
,
letterpress
,
gless
,
tess tress
,
penny-cress
,
cabrales
,
press
,
bess
,
alhambresque
,
vidales
,
clothespress
,
ress
,
progress(3)
,
carrizales