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noun

Physical pressure
force, burden, mass, load, encumbrance, stress, thrust, tension, shear, squeeze*; see also strength 1, weight 1.
Antonyms release*, relief, deliverance.
Social pressure
compulsion, constraint, urgency, demand, persuasion, stress, affliction, coercion, trouble, hardship, humiliation, misfortune, necessity, requirement, repression, confinement, unnaturalness, obligation, discipline; see also influence 2, oppression 1, restraint 2, urging.
Antonyms aid*, assistance, encouragement.

verb

press, compel, constrain; see urge 2, 3.

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