duress

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: du=ress

OXFORD DICTIONARY

duress, n.
1 compulsion, esp. imprisonment, threats, or violence, illegally used to force a person to act against his or her will (under duress).
2 forcible restraint or imprisonment.

Etymology

ME f. OF duresse f. L duritia f. durus hard

THESAURUS

duress

amperage, argumentum baculinum, armipotence, authority, beef, black power, brute force, captivity, charge, charisma, close arrest, clout, coercion, cogence, cogency, compulsion, compulsoriness, confinement, constraint, detention, dint, drive, durance, durance vile, effect, effectiveness, effectuality, energy, flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force, high pressure, house arrest, immuration, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, influence, internment, intimidation, jailing, main force, main strength, mana, mandatedness, mandatoriness, might, might and main, mightiness, moxie, muscle power, necessariness, necessitation, necessitude, necessity, obligation, obligatoriness, obligement, pizzazz, poop, potence, potency, potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness, prepotency, pressure, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch, push, restraint, sinew, steam, strength, strong arm, strong-arm tactics, superiority, superpower, term of imprisonment, the big stick, the bludgeon, the club, the jackboot, the mailed fist, the strong arm, the sword, threat, throughout, validity, vehemence, vigor, vim, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vitality, wattage, weight

ROGET THESAURUS

duress

Compulsion

N compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription, force, brute force, main force, physical force, the sword, ultima ratio, club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, le droit du plus fort, martial law, restraint, necessity, force majeure, Hobson's choice, compelling, coercive, coactive, inexorable, compulsory, compulsatory, obligatory, stringent, peremptory, forcible, not to be trifled with, irresistible, compelled, fain to, by force, by force of arms, on compulsion, perforce, vi et armis, under the lash, at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet, forcibly, by a strong arm, under protest, in spite of one's teeth, against one's will, nolens volens, by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather, under press of, de rigueur, with a gun to one's head, I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

Restraint

N restraint, hindrance, coercion, cohibition, constraint, repression, suppression, discipline, control, confinement, durance, duress, imprisonment, incarceration, coarctation, entombment, mancipation, durance vile, limbo, captivity, blockade, arrest, arrestation, custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency, curb, lettres de cachet, limitation, restriction, protection, monopoly, prohibition, prisoner, repressionist, restrained, constrained, imprisoned, pent up, jammed in, wedged in, under lock and key, under restraint, under hatches, in swaddling clothes, on parole, in custody, doing time, cohibitive, coactive, stiff, restringent, strait-laced, hidebound, barkbound, ice bound, wind bound, weather bound, cabined cribbed confined, in Lob's pound, laid by the heels.