Number of syllables in the word 'duress'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word duress.
- No of syllables in duress : 2
- Divide syllables in duress : du-ress
More about the word - duress
- noun
- Definition : Harsh treatment.
- Definition : Constraint by threat.
- Definition : Restraint in which a person is influenced, whether by lawful or unlawful forceful compulsion of their liberty by monition or implementation of physical enforcement; legally for the incurring of civil liability, of a citizen's arrest, or of subrogation, or illegally for the committing of an offense, of forcing a contract, or of using threats.
- verb
- Definition : To put under duress; to pressure.
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