Word Meaning

oppression definition and meaning

n. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
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.