duress

Etymology
Borrowed into from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  Harsh treatment.
 * 2) Constraint by threat.
 * 3)  Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
 * 1)  Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
 * 1)  Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.

Derived terms

 * duress of circumstances

Translations

 * Belarusian: прыму́с, прыну́ка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, donucení,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese:, coersão
 * Romanian: obligare prin forță,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: èiginn
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:, зму́шування


 * Belarusian: зняво́ленне
 * Finnish:, vanginta
 * Russian:, тюре́мное заключе́ние
 * Ukrainian: ув'я́знення


 * Interlingua:

Verb

 * 1) To put under duress; to pressure.

Derived terms

 * duressor