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duress (n.)
early 14c., "harsh or severe treatment," from Old French
duresse
, from Latin
duritia
"hardness," from
durus
"hard" (see
endure
). For Old French
-esse
, compare
fortress
. Sense of "coercion, compulsion" is from 1590s.
