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duress meaning in Hindi

बाध्यता bādhyatā

/djʊˈɹɛs/US/duˈɹɛs/

duress in Hindi: बाध्यता (bādhyatā). In English, duress means harsh treatment.

Hindi words for duress

duress, coercion
बाध्यता bādhyatā

English meaning of duress

  1. noun Harsh treatment.
  2. noun Constraint by threat.
  3. noun 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.
  4. verb To put under duress; to pressure.

Full definition of duress

duress in a sentence

  • Someone was duressing her.
  • The small nation was duressed into giving up territory.

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Questions about duress in Hindi

What is the meaning of duress in Hindi?
Duress in Hindi is बाध्यता (bādhyatā).
duress का हिंदी में क्या अर्थ है?
Duress: बाध्यता (bādhyatā).
What does duress mean in English?
Duress means harsh treatment.

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Hindi words from Wiktionary's Hindi entries whose English meaning is “duress”: बाध्यता. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: duress (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Hindi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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