- (n.) Provocation; irritation.
- (n.) Exaggerated representation.
- (n.) The act of aggravating or making worse; -- used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
- (n.) An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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