The word distress has various meanings:- · Distress is a kind of suffering. · In medicine, distress is stress caused by adverse events. · In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance". · Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions. · Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces. · Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old. · In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized. · Distress is a novel by Greg Egan

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