Duress

[doo-res, dyoo-, doo r-is, dyoo r-] /dʊˈrɛs, dyʊ-, ˈdʊər ɪs, ˈdyʊər-/

noun
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, especially imprisonment.
/djʊˈrɛs; djʊə-/
noun
1.
compulsion by use of force or threat; constraint; coercion (often in the phrase under duress)
2.
(law) the illegal exercise of coercion
3.
confinement; imprisonment
n.

early 14c., “harsh or severe treatment,” from Old French duresse, from Latin duritia “hardness,” from durus “hard” (see endure). The Old French suffix -esse is from Latin -itia, added to adjectives to form nouns of quality (cf. riches, largesse). Sense of “coercion, compulsion” is from 1590s.