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- Dictionaryduress/djʊˈrɛs/
noun
- 1. threats, violence, constraints, or other action used to coerce someone into doing something against their will or better judgement: "confessions extracted under duress"
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uk. / djʊˈres / us. Add to word list. threats used to force someone to do something: Clarke's defence involved claims of duress and allegations he had been framed by the police. He claimed he had been acting under duress. (Definition of duress from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of duress. duress.
- English (US)
LAW. uk. / djʊˈres / us. Add to word list. threats used to...
- Znaczenie Duress, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DURESS definicja: 1. threats used to force a person to do...
- During
DURING definition: 1. from the beginning to the end of a...
- Traditional
DURESS translate: 威脅，脅迫. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Simplified
DURESS translate: 威胁，胁迫. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Durian
DURIAN definition: 1. a large, oval, tropical fruit with a...
- Durex
Durex definition: 1. a brand name for a type of condom 2. a...
- Framed
FRAMED definition: 1. surrounded by a border: 2. surrounded...
- English (US)
The meaning of DURESS is forcible restraint or restriction. How to use duress in a sentence. Duress: Its Origin and Relations
LAW. uk. / djʊˈres / us. Add to word list. threats used to force someone to do something: Clarke's defence involved claims of duress and allegations he had been framed by the police. He claimed he had been acting under duress. (Definition of duress from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of duress.
Duress means to do something because someone forces you to do it or threatens you. It can also mean the illegal exercise of coercion or imprisonment. See synonyms, pronunciation, collocations and sentences of duress.
Duress is compulsion by threat or force, or constraint or coercion. It can also refer to the illegal exercise of coercion or confinement in law. See examples, synonyms, and word history of duress.
Duress means doing something because someone is forcing you to. Learn how to use this formal word in sentences and see translations in different languages.
[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. Word Origin.
