Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- incarceration or imprisonment (often used in the phrase durance vile).
- Archaic. endurance.
noun archaic, or literary
- imprisonment
- duration
noun
- a river in S France, rising in the Alps and flowing generally southwest into the Rhône. Length: 304 km (189 miles)
late 15c., from Old French durance “duration,” from durer “to endure,” from Latin durare (see endure).