Duress

[djʊ(ə)'res;'djʊəres] or [du'rɛs]

Definition

(noun.) compulsory force or threat; 'confessed under duress'.

Checked by Kathy--From WordNet

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.

Editor: Sheldon

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Constraint, restraint, captivity, confinement, imprisonment, durance.

Checked by Desmond

Definition

n. constraint: imprisonment: constraint illegally exercised to force a person to perform some act.

Checker: Marie