Duress
noun
Pressure or force used to make someone do something against their will.
She signed the contract under duress.
Often appears as...
- duress is a defense
- under duress
Usage tips
Formal
noun
Pressure or force used to make someone do something against their will.
She signed the contract under duress.
Often appears as...
- duress is a defense
- under duress
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Context matters
The term 'duress' often appears in legal settings involving contracts, agreements, or crimes.
The judge nullified the agreement since it was signed under duress.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
'Duress' carries a strong negative connotation, implying harm or threats to force action.
Witnesses reported that the victim acted under duress, fearing for their life.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse avoids
Don't confuse 'duress' with simply being persuaded or encouraged; it involves real threats.
I chose to work overtime willingly, not under duress.
Pro Tip 1/3Context matters
The term 'duress' often appears in legal settings involving contracts, agreements, or crimes.
The judge nullified the agreement since it was signed under duress.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
'Duress' carries a strong negative connotation, implying harm or threats to force action.
Witnesses reported that the victim acted under duress, fearing for their life.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse avoids
Don't confuse 'duress' with simply being persuaded or encouraged; it involves real threats.
I chose to work overtime willingly, not under duress.
Pro Tip 1/3Context matters
The term 'duress' often appears in legal settings involving contracts, agreements, or crimes.
The judge nullified the agreement since it was signed under duress.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional weight
'Duress' carries a strong negative connotation, implying harm or threats to force action.
Witnesses reported that the victim acted under duress, fearing for their life.
Pro Tip 3/3Misuse avoids
Don't confuse 'duress' with simply being persuaded or encouraged; it involves real threats.
I chose to work overtime willingly, not under duress.
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Netgunning Black...
the neck can entangle them they can do somersaults they can break their neck we can break their legs the lead weights can actually hit them as well I mean we do it under duress but because we have to eradicate all black fella based on the farm it's either this or a bullet the most
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How I held my breath for...
I was able to hold my breath for over seven minutes. I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere. I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations to see if I could slow my heart rate down under duress. I decided that I was going to break the world record
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United by Ping Pong,...
did not want me to play in life foster mother said you got to let him play and that's how I learned how to play the game it was strictly under duress I
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Netgunning Black...
the neck can entangle them they can do somersaults they can break their neck we can break their legs the lead weights can actually hit them as well I mean we do it under duress but because we have to eradicate all black fella based on the farm it's either this or a bullet the most
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How I held my breath for...
I was able to hold my breath for over seven minutes. I wanted to try holding my breath everywhere. I wanted to try it in the most extreme situations to see if I could slow my heart rate down under duress. I decided that I was going to break the world record
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United by Ping Pong,...
did not want me to play in life foster mother said you got to let him play and that's how I learned how to play the game it was strictly under duress I
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Quote examples
Andy Dunn
American Businessman
A protective self-narrative during conflict and duress sometimes obscures us from seeing the worst in ourselves. When the self-sustaining haze lifts after that conflict has subsided, we may recognize in ourselves the flaws the other saw in us at the time that we didn't have the emotional bandwidth to examine in the moment.
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Robert Jay Lifton
American Psychologist
What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies, is here you have people under some kind of duress, or I chose to study them because they represented some kind of historical event, as it impacted on them or as they helped to create it.
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Saira Banu
Indian Actress
It is out of love and not duress that I look after Dilip saab. I am not looking for praises to be called a devoted wife. Just to touch him and cuddle him is the world's best thing that's happening to me. I adore him and he is my breath itself.
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R. A. Salvatore
American Author
That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
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Emily Blunt
British Actress
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
You see in moments of duress not only the darkest parts of human nature but also the brightest, the most noble.
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Marianne Elliott
British Director
I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
The players are under so much duress, it's like duressic park out there!
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.
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Andy Dunn
American Businessman
A protective self-narrative during conflict and duress sometimes obscures us from seeing the worst in ourselves. When the self-sustaining haze lifts after that conflict has subsided, we may recognize in ourselves the flaws the other saw in us at the time that we didn't have the emotional bandwidth to examine in the moment.
Quote examples
Robert Jay Lifton
American Psychologist
What I found was when I started my first study, and then in subsequent studies, is here you have people under some kind of duress, or I chose to study them because they represented some kind of historical event, as it impacted on them or as they helped to create it.
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Saira Banu
Indian Actress
It is out of love and not duress that I look after Dilip saab. I am not looking for praises to be called a devoted wife. Just to touch him and cuddle him is the world's best thing that's happening to me. I adore him and he is my breath itself.
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R. A. Salvatore
American Author
That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth. In a way, I'm using them to try to find my own answers in life.
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Henry Kissinger
American Statesman
If I should ever be captured, I want no negotiation - and if I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.
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Emily Blunt
British Actress
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on.
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Lisa Joy
American Director
You see in moments of duress not only the darkest parts of human nature but also the brightest, the most noble.
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Marianne Elliott
British Director
I never wanted anything to do with the theatre as a child. I was dragged there under duress.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
The players are under so much duress, it's like duressic park out there!
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
Songs sung under duress are often very powerful.
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