An aversive state of stress to which a person cannot fully adapt.
A cause of such discomfort.
The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature.
Serious danger.
A seizing of property without legal process to force payment of a debt.
To treat a new object to give it an appearance of age.
To retain someone’s property against the payment of a debt; to distrain.
To cause strain or anxiety to someone.
The inability to adapt oneself to the needs of others, or to the stresses of normal life.
A poor or faulty adjustment, especially of a mechanism.