DISTRESS

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