Distress

Meaning

Noun

●

Physical or

,

, or

,

of a more

nature.

●

A cause of such discomfort.

●

Serious danger.

●

In Medicine & Psychology:

An

state of

to which a person cannot

adapt.

●

In Law:

A

of

without

process to

of a debt.

●

In Law:

The

by

; that which is

to

satisfaction.

Verb

●

To cause

or

to someone.

●

In Law:

To

someone’s

against the

of a

; to distrain.

●

To

a new

to give it an

of age.

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