duress en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /djʊˈɹɛs/ (UK)
- /dəˈɹɛs/ (US)
- /duˈɹɛs/ (US)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /d͡ʒʊˈɹɛs/ (UK)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English duresse, from Old French duresse, from Latin dūritia (“hardness”), from dūrus (“hard”).
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) Harsh treatment.
[…]the agreements[…]made with their landlords, during the time of ſlavery, are only the effect of dureſſe and force;[…].
1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page 323:
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(uncountable) Constraint by threat.
It is unclear when it was filmed and if she was under duress during filming.
2023 October 17, Kim Willsher, “Mother of French-Israeli hostage begs for her return as Hamas releases video”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- (uncountable) 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.
Deriveds
duress password · duress of circumstances
Relateds
Translations (36)
nb tvang (constraint by threat) · bg принуда (constraint by threat) · fi pakottaminen (constraint by threat) · ro obligare prin forță (constraint by threat) · de Zwang (constraint by threat) · es coacción (constraint by threat) · de Nötigung (constraint by threat) · cs pohrůžka (constraint by threat) · be прыну́ка (constraint by threat) · uk зму́шування (constraint by threat) · be зняво́ленне (confinement; imprisonment) · da tvang (constraint by threat) · uk ув'я́знення (confinement; imprisonment) · nl dwang (constraint by threat) · ro constrângere (constraint by threat) · pt coerção (constraint by threat) · it coazione (constraint by threat) · cs nátlak (constraint by threat) · ru тюре́мное заключе́ние (confinement; imprisonment) · fi vankeus (confinement; imprisonment) · fr contrainte (constraint by threat) · gd èiginn (constraint by threat) · fi vanginta (confinement; imprisonment) · ru заточе́ние (confinement; imprisonment) · cs donucení (constraint by threat) · fi painostus (constraint by threat) · ru давле́ние (constraint by threat) · pt pressão (constraint by threat) · it confino (confinement; imprisonment) · it prigionia (confinement; imprisonment) · fa اکراه (constraint by threat) · sv tvång (constraint by threat) · be прыму́с (constraint by threat) · ru принужде́ние (constraint by threat) · uk при́мус (constraint by threat) · ar إكْرَاه (constraint by threat)