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durance¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹəns/
  • /ˈdjʊəɹəns/

Where it comes from

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

noun durances

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable Imprisonment; forced confinement. What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce!
  2. countable, obsolete, uncountable Duration.
  3. countable, obsolete, uncountable Endurance, durability. 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?

Durance²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French Durance.

proper noun the Durance

  1. A left tributary of the Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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noun (archaic) imprisonment

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@misc{durance_2026,
  title = {durance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/durance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}