Duress

Noun

 * 1) Compulsory force or threat.
 * 2) Constraint by threat.
 * He confessed under duress.
 * 1)  Harsh treatment.

Adjectives for Duress
physical; economic; political, psychological; emotional; international; financial; legislative; legal; extreme; data; virtual.

Thesaurus
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, 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.

Etymology
duresse:, from duritia:, from durus:

Translations

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 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: èiginn
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Anagrams

 * druses