duress English

Meaning duress meaning

What does duress mean?

duress

— noun compulsory force or threat confessed under duress

Synonyms duress synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as duress?

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compulsion

imprisonment

confinement

coercion

restraint

pressure

durance

constraint

incarceration

force

custody

wired

violence

trouble

threatening

threat

terror

stress

stint

resty

restriction

overwound

nervous

necessity

necessitation

menace

limitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

leading edge

laced-up

jumpy

jittery

isolation

intimidation

insistence

immurement

hardship

difficulty

cutting edge

curbing

containment

commitment

captivity

bondage

arm-twisting

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Compel

• What words refer to forcing someone to do something?
  compel blackmail browbeat bully (v) coerce constrain drive force someone to do something use force force something on insist impel impose your will on make someone do something oblige press pressure put pressure on push use strong-arm tactics use strong-arm methods under duress be breathing down someone's neck