Meaning & use
durance
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Imprisonment or forced confinement (archaic or literary).
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The prisoner spent years in durance before finally being released.
The phrase 'durance vile' once described a particularly harsh and unjust imprisonment.
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Durance shares its Latin root, durare ('to last'), with 'endure,' emphasizing the drawn-out nature of confinement.
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