This contract was signed under duress and is therefore null and void.
Source: tatoeba (8969126)
Duress
//duˈɹɛs//
Synonyms for "duress" (109 found)
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Strong matches (33)
Related words (54)
necessarinessnecessitationnecessitudenecessityobligationobligatorinessobligementpizzazzpooppotencepotencypotentialitypowerpower packpower structurepower strugglepowerfulnessprepotencypressureproductiveness
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35 translations across 18 languages.
Belarusian
3 entries- зняво́ленне noun (confinement; imprisonment)
- прыму́с noun (constraint by threat)
- прыну́ка noun (constraint by threat)
Bulgarian
1 entries- принуда noun (constraint by threat)
Czech
3 entries- donucení noun (constraint by threat)
- nátlak noun (constraint by threat)
- pohrůžka noun (constraint by threat)
Danish
1 entries- tvang noun (constraint by threat)
Dutch
1 entries- dwang noun (constraint by threat)
Finnish
4 entries- painostus noun (constraint by threat)
- pakottaminen noun (constraint by threat)
- vanginta noun (confinement; imprisonment)
- vankeus noun (confinement; imprisonment)
French
1 entries- contrainte noun (constraint by threat)
German
2 entries- Nötigung noun (constraint by threat)
- Zwang noun (constraint by threat)
Italian
3 entries- coazione noun (constraint by threat)
- confino noun (confinement; imprisonment)
- prigionia noun (confinement; imprisonment)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tvang noun (constraint by threat)
Persian
1 entries- اکراه noun (constraint by threat)
Portuguese
2 entries- coerção noun (constraint by threat)
- pressão noun (constraint by threat)
Romanian
2 entries- constrângere noun (constraint by threat)
- obligare prin forță noun (constraint by threat)
Russian
4 entries- давле́ние noun (constraint by threat)
- заточе́ние noun (confinement; imprisonment)
- принужде́ние noun (constraint by threat)
- тюре́мное заключе́ние noun (confinement; imprisonment)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- èiginn noun (constraint by threat)
Spanish
1 entries- coacción noun (constraint by threat)
Swedish
1 entries- tvång noun (constraint by threat)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зму́шування noun (constraint by threat)
- при́мус noun (constraint by threat)
- ув'я́знення noun (confinement; imprisonment)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Yanni's personality changed because he was under such duress.
Source: tatoeba (9768593)
Our young women and men living under duress, those who do nothing but seek to lean on the shoulder of who does not have one, in the arms of companions whose property would have been granted by shameful procedures, baited as they were by futile charms and chimeras, all these must take their courage in both hands to seek a way out in order to come out of the deep darkness, by them themselves, whether they are men or women.
Source: tatoeba (9832149)
A kiss under duress tastes bitter.
Source: tatoeba (10670954)
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