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durance

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The two weeks of durance vile among the low castes in the steerage should be amply repaid.

Here his charge ended, he had conveyed the Land-despoiler to durance vile.

Here he was held in durance for some time, and was then brought to Paris to be tried for treason.

"The best friend Christina ever had" she would surely some day see could not have lingered in the black durance that he loathed.

But the case was very different, when Hannibal crossed from the shores of the Durance to the banks of the Po.

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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to durance, such as: bondage, confinement, custody, imprisonment, incarceration, and slavery.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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