Duress

Pronunciation

UK IPA: /djÊŠËˆÉ¹É›s/, /dÍ¡Ê’ÊŠËˆÉ¹É›s/
US IPA: /duËˆÉ¹É›s/
Rhymes: -É›s

Origin

From Old French duresse, from Latin duritia ("hardness"), from durus ("hard")

Full definition of duress

Noun

duress

(uncountable)

(obsolete) Harsh treatment.

BurkeThe agreements ... made with the landlords during the time of slavery, are only the effect of duress and force.

Constraint by threat.
(legal) The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restraint of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offence.

Verb

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

Anagrams

druses