Definition of Duress

  • (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.

Synonyms of Duress


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