durance
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du·rance
(do͝or′əns, dyo͝or′-)n.
Confinement or restraint by force; imprisonment.
[Middle English duraunce, duration, from Old French durance, from durer, to last, from Latin dūrāre; see deuə- in Indo-European roots.]
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durance
(ˈdjʊərəns)n
1. imprisonment
2. duration
[C15: from Old French, from durer to last, from Latin dūrāre]
Durance
(French dyrɑ̃s)n
(Placename) a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)
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dur•ance
(ˈdʊər əns, ˈdyʊər-)n.
incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
[1400–50; late Middle English duraunce duration < Middle French durance=dur(er) to last (< Latin; see endure) + -ance -ance]
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Noun | 1. | durance - imprisonment (especially for a long time) captivity, immurement, incarceration, imprisonment - the state of being imprisoned; "he was held in captivity until he died"; "the imprisonment of captured soldiers"; "his ignominious incarceration in the local jail"; "he practiced the immurement of his enemies in the castle dungeon" |
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