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• durance
  durance

  noun

  incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrasedurance vile ).
• Durance
  Durance

  noun

  a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)

durance

American  

[door-uhns, dyoor-] / ˈdʊər əns, ˈdyʊər- /

noun

1. incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrasedurance vile ).

2. Archaic. endurance.

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durance ¹ British  

/ ˈdjʊərəns /

noun

1. imprisonment

2. duration

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Durance ² British  

/ dyrɑ̃s /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of durance

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French. See dure ², -ance

Related Words

• bondage
• confinement
• custody
• imprisonment
• incarceration
• slavery