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du•ress



Pronunciation: (doo-res', dyoo-, door'is, dyoor'-), [key]
n.
1. compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
2. Law.such constraint or coercion as will render void a contract or other legal act entered or performed under its influence.
3. forcible restraint, esp. imprisonment.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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