Word Meaning

duress definition and meaning

n. Hardship; constraint; pressure; imprisonment; restraint of liberty.
n. The state of compulsion or necessity in which a person is influenced, whether by the unlawful restrain of his liberty or by actual or threatened physical violence, to incur a civil liability or to commit an offense.
v. t. To subject to duress.

Crossword clues for duress

- Coercion
- Constraint
- Endures serious internal pressure
- Pressure