Definition for Duress:

• Constraint; compulsion; imprisonment. duresse.

Synonyms for Duress:

• n.

  •
  • ferocity,
  • road rage,
  • savagery,
  • barbarism,
  • thuggery,
  • rage,
  • restraint,
  • saber rattling.
  •
  • strength,
  • violence,
  • attack.
  •attribute (noun)
  • duress.
  •captivity (noun)
  • vassalages,
  • subjections.
  •coercion (noun)
  • menacings,
  • strong arm tactic,
  • bullyings,
  • threatenings,
  • strongarm tactic,
  • strongarm tactics,
  • browbeatings.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • urge,
  • motivation,
  • incitement,
  • propulsion,
  • stimulation,
  • obligation.
  •constraint (noun)
  • impellings,
  • nonos,
  • nono,
  • a musts,
  • nono's,
  • no no,
  • no no's,
  • no nos.
  •difficulty (noun)
  • exigency.
  •duress (noun)
  • threat,
  • exaction.
  •enforcement (noun)
  • ex actions,
  • compulsory laws,
  • ex-action,
  • ex-actions,
  • ex action,
  • enforcings,
  • carrying outs,
  • necessitations,
  • fulfillings.
  •exigency/exigence (noun)
  • dis tress,
  • demandingnesses,
  • pressingnesses,
  • imperativenesses,
  • dis-tress,
  • cross road,
  • cross roads,
  • needfulnesses,
  • dis-tresses,
  • criticalnesses,
  • dis tresses.
  •force (noun)
  • horsepowers,
  • de termination,
  • de terminations,
  • in tensity,
  • in-tensity,
  • de-terminations,
  • what takes,
  • constrait,
  • validnesses,
  • de-termination,
  • impressivenesses,
  • constraits,
  • what it take,
  • full head steam,
  • dynamisms,
  • what take.
  •grip (noun)
  • handshake,
  • handhold,
  • handshakes,
  • crushings,
  • handholds,
  • handclasp,
  • handgrip,
  • handclasps,
  • handgrips,
  • grapnel,
  • grapnels.
  •pressure (noun)
  • mis fortune,
  • un-naturalnesses,
  • un naturalnesses,
  • full court presses,
  • un-naturalness,
  • mis fortunes,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • un naturalness.
  •scare tactics (noun)
  • arm twisting,
  • scare-tactics,
  • arm-twistings,
  • terrorizations,
  • armtwistings,
  • armtwisting,
  • reign terror,
  • arm twistings.
  •threat, hardship (noun)
  • incarceration,
  • confinement,
  • bondage,
  • detention,
  • discipline,
  • control.
  •violence (noun)
  • terrorism,
  • wildness,
  • destructiveness,
  • murderousness,
  • brute force,
  • ferocities,
  • storminess.

• Other synonyms:

  •force
  • power.

Paraphrases for Duress:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    coercion, compulsion.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    coercive.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    coercive, stresses, restraint, hardship, oppression, intimidation, threat.
  • Verb, past tense
    wanted.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    constraint, pressure, strain.

Antonyms for Duress:

• n.

  • threat, hardship
    license, independence, peace, powerlessness, liberty, liberation, freedom, weakness, release.
  • Other antonyms:
    approval, suasion, persuasion, agreement, reason, consent, convincing, permission.

Duress Sentence Examples:

• No unfairness having been observed, when called to give testimony you can then say that he shot in self - defense and under duress.

• But the true inference from the premises would be that although duress or banishment from the kingdom might be essential, yet punishment, so - called, ought not to be visited upon the offender.

Homophones for Duress:

• Darius Iii, darkie, diarrhoeic, drake, drogue, dirk, dark ages, dirac, durazzo, darky, Druze, durres, doris, deodorize, dreck, dressy, do work, dairy cow, dark, dirca, doric, dr. j, dragee, drawers, dross, dieresis, Dr. Seuss, dregs, dressage, dyarchy, dye-works, dryas, Darius I, Druse, drowsy, drosky, diarchy, droshky, dray horse, darkey, durga, do drugs, diarrheic, dreg, dork, drug, doorcase, data hierarchy, data track, dress, dry wash, deterge, drayhorse, diuresis, drowse, deodourise, drag, dry ice, derris, darkish, deodorise, dietrich, dirge, diaeresis, derrick, draco.

Hyponym for Duress:

• n.

  • attribute
    force.