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Showing words for DURESS using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Duress

druses, duress, sudser

5 Letter Words for Duress

dress, druse, dures, rudes, ruses, russe, sudes, suers, surds, sured, users

4 Letter Words for Duress

dess, deus, duer, dues, reds, rude, ruds, rued, rues, ruse, russ, sers, ssed, sude, suds, sued, suer, sues, surd, sure, urde, urds, ures, used, user, uses, ussr

3 Letter Words for Duress

der, des, dsr, due, dur, eds, erd, ers, esd, esr, ess, esu, red, res, rud, rue, sds, sed, ser, sse, ssu, sud, sue, sur, sus, uds, urd, ure, urs, use

Definitions for Duress

[1] compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
[2] Law . such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.
[3] forcible restraint, especially imprisonment.
[4] compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress )
[5] law the illegal exercise of coercion
[6] confinement; imprisonment

Words related to Duress

coercion, control, discipline, imprisonment, force, bondage, restraint, violence, detention, constraint, pressure, confinement, incarceration, compulsion, captivity

Words nearby Duress

durazzo, durban, durban poison, durbar, dure, duress, duressor, durex, durga, durga puja, durgah

Origin of Duress

1275–1325; Middle English duresse < Middle French duresse, -esce, -ece < Latin dūritia hardness, harshness, oppression, equivalent to dūr(us ) hard + -itia -ice

Word origin for Duress

C14: from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia hardness, from dūrus hard

Synonyms for Duress

coercion, bondage, captivity, compulsion, confinement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence