durance

noun3

1. •
   (no longer used) Imprisonment; forced confinement.

   • What bootes it him from death to be unbownd, / To be captived in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despeyre without aleggeaunce! — 1590
2. •
   (no longer used) Endurance, durability.

   • Fal. Thou say'st true Lad: is not my Hostesse of the Tauerne a most sweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Castle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a most sweet robe of durance? — 1597
3. •
   (no longer used) Duration.