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durance

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/Part of speech nounSorted acdenruStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. imprisonment (especially for a long time)

Word origin

From Old French durance, from durer (“to last”).

Used in a sentence

  • What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
  • the parson concurred, saying, the Lord forbid he should be instrumental in committing an innocent person to durance.
  • Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?

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