The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word DURESS , but the solution may also be DURANCE which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in USA Today).
Imprisonment crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DURESS | 50 % | 6 |
| DURANCE | 38 % | 7 |
| RESTRAINT | 13 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Imprisonment
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- jailing
- incarceration
- internment
- captivity
- immurement
- gaol
- prisoner
- lockup
- cellblock
- penitentiary
- incarcerate
- prison
Crossword Answer definitions
DURESS noun- Harsh treatment.
- Constraint by threat.
- 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.
- To put under duress; to pressure.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
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More clues leading to the result DURESS
- Coercion
- Arm-twisting
- Compulsory force
- Forcible restraint
- Bullying
- Difficult circumstances
- Compulsion by threat
- Grounds to void a confession
- Coercion's kin, at law
- Confessions may be given under it