ALL meanings of duress
du·ress
D d - noun duress being forced 1
- noun duress law: coercion 1
- noun duress Threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment. 1
- noun duress compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint. 1
- noun duress Law. such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence. 1
- noun duress forcible restraint, especially imprisonment. 1
- uncountable noun duress To do something under duress means to do it because someone forces you to do it or threatens you. 0
- noun duress compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress) 0
- noun duress the illegal exercise of coercion 0
- noun duress confinement; imprisonment 0
- noun duress imprisonment 0
- noun duress the use of force or threats; compulsion 0
- noun duress (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Harsh treatment. 0
- noun duress Constraint by threat. 0
- noun duress (law) 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. 0
- verb duress To put under duress; to pressure. 0