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noun 
  1. (Cause of) discomfort
  2. Serious danger
Three ships were in distress that night.
Translations: 
    verb (distress, es)
    1. To cause strain or anxiety to someone
    2. to retain someone's property against the payment of a debt
    3. to treat an object, such as an antique, to give it an appearance of age
    Etymology: From destresse (French: détresse).

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