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The word of the day is ‘duress.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Threat
2. Hardship
3. Constraints
4. Pressure
1. Hindi – Avarodh
2. Spanish – Coacción
3. French – Contrainte
4. Mandarin – Xiépò
1. He was in duress as a Leaguer spy, to await King Henry’s will.
2. She bade Hagen then be led away to duress, where he lay locked in and where none did see him.
3. Where fraud or duress is used in obtaining a party’s consent to a contract, the contract is at least voidable.
4. He was a mechanic, brought along under some duress to service the machine.
5. He considered himself as, in fact, in duress, and his actions as not free.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
coercion, bondage, captivity, compulsion, confinement, constraint, control, detention, discipline, force, imprisonment, incarceration, pressure, restraint, violence, pressurization, intimidation, threats, enforcement, exaction, arm-twisting, etc.
Some antonyms of the word are:
freedom, independence, liberation, liberty, license, peace, powerlessness, release, weakness, free will.
Quotation:
My hats off to anybody filming the action, because you get beat up. If I’m going to get the crap kicked out of me, I would love 15,000 people on hand to tell me that I’m doing good or I’m doing bad. So, if I’m going to be in any physical duress, I’d really like it to be in a WWE ring, which is why I was so amped to be a part of ‘Trainwreck.’
John Cena
Social Example:
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