duress

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Etymology

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Borrowed into Middle English from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia (hardness), from durus (hard).

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Noun

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duress (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Harsh treatment.
  2. Constraint by threat.
    • 2023 October 17, Kim Willsher, “Mother of French-Israeli hostage begs for her return as Hamas releases video”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during filming.
  3. (law) Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.

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Verb

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duress (third-person singular simple present duresses, present participle duressing, simple past and past participle duressed)

  1. To put under duress; to pressure.
    Someone was duressing her.
    The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.

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