Definition of durance
2
: restraint by or as if by physical force
—usually used in the phrase durance vile
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Durance will recur in the upcoming third season and step into the role of Alura, the mother of Melissa Benoist's Supergirl.
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Origin and Etymology of durance
Middle English, duration, from Anglo-French, from durer to last from Latin durare
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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