Oppression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Oppression	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Oppression
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
oppression n the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" Synonym(s): oppression, subjugation the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted" a feeling of being oppressed Synonym(s): oppression, oppressiveness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Oppression \Oppres"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. [bd]The multitude of oppressions.[b8] --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.