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duress
amperage, close arrest, dint, force majeure, influence, might and main, obligement, powerfulness, sinew, the club, vim
Definition
n.
compulsory force or threat
Last update: April 10, 2016
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Confessed under
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The judge overturned the case because the defendant’s attorney proved that his client’s confession had been given under
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.
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The vet said Scampi was licking her nose because she was stressed out, but I didn’t think she had been under any
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.
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Charles thereupon declared his abdication to have been made under
duress
and therefore null and void.
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Under
duress
of what has not often come to surface in you, Sir Richard.
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The moon, its
duress
passed, stood high, serene, alone.
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The
duress
under which the House labored was pungently described by Thomas B.
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This letter had not been written under
duress
, as most of his were.
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You know what a confession is worth when secured under
duress
.
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Like Luther under equal
duress
, he cried: "Here I stand."
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