- (n.) A carrying on; prosecution.
- (n.) The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship.
- (n.) The state or condition of being persecuted.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
| APA | Webster's. (2011). persecution. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/persecution/definitions/2044118 |
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| MLA | Webster's. "persecution" 27 May 2011. Web. 22 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/persecution/definitions/2044118> |