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Definition of Oppresion
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, anoppression 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. - Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) the act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed The oppression of the poor by the aristocracy was one cause of the French Revolution a feeling of being oppressed Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun - The Nuttall Encyclopedia You arrived at this page by searching for Oppresion The correct Spelling of this word is: Oppression

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