Definitions for: Oppression


[n] the act of subjugating by cruelty
[n] a feeling of being oppressed
[n] kept down by unjust use of force or authority; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"



Webster (1913) Definition: Op*pres"sion, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.]
1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty;
severity; tyranny. ``The multitude of oppressions.'' --Job
xxxv. 9.

3. A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind;
depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of
spirits; an oppression of the lungs.

There gentlee Sleep First found me, and with soft
oppression seized My drowsed sense. --Milton.

4. Ravishment; rape. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Synonyms: oppressiveness, subjugation

See Also: depression, persecution, subjection, subjugation, weight

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