Ability and Duress

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Duress and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Duress" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Duress noun - The use of power to impose one's will on another.

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Ability and duress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Duress".

high	high ability	high duress
physical	physical ability	physical duress
particular	particular ability	particular duress
normal	normal ability	normal duress
Other adjectives: extreme, great, incredible, mental.

Ayumi has the ability to cause a collapse of an area, however she doesn't seem to have conscious control of its effects and she needs to be under extremely high mental duress to access it.

Source: Anime / Charlotte
Elrond's Elven Duress ability doesn't help your side personally, but it gives the enemies a Command Point penalty for one turn, with a decent chance of causing Disorder and entirely immobilizing their entire flank.

Source: Video Game / The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age

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