- (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
- (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
- (n.) Ravishment; rape.
- (n.) The act of oppressing or state of being oppressed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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