confino — meaning in English
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English meaning
- duress noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.
Senses
confino is used for these senses in English:
- duress (legal) 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.
- solitary confinement Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate.
duress — full definition
- noun Pressure or threats used to force someone into doing something against their will.
- verb To force someone into an action through threats or pressure.