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- DictionaryDu·ress/d(y)əˈres/
noun
- 1. threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment: "confessions extracted under duress"
noun. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint. Synonyms: intimidation, pressure. Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence. forcible restraint, especially imprisonment. duress. / djʊə-; djʊˈrɛs / noun.
First used to describe harsh or cruel treatment, duress soon took on the additional meaning of forcing someone to do something, usually through threats. Duress is typically used with the word under , as in a suspect who only signs a confession because he is under duress.
duress. noun. /djuˈres/. /duˈres/. [uncountable] (formal) threats or force that are used to make somebody do something. He signed the confession under duress. The promise was obtained by duress on the part of her husband. They were operating at times under extreme duress.
5 days ago · duress in British English. (djʊˈrɛs , djʊə- ) noun. 1. compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress ) 2. law. the illegal exercise of coercion. 3. confinement; imprisonment.
duress. noun. formal uk / djʊˈres / us. under duress. Add to word list. Add to word list. If you do something under duress, you do it because someone is forcing you to: The confession was made under duress. (Definition of duress from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
5 days ago · ( 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.
Duress definition: . See examples of DURESS used in a sentence.
