Oppression

n.	1.	The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
	2.	That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
	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 gentle Sleep First found me, and with soft oppression seized My drowsed sense. - Milton.
	4.	Ravishment; rape.

Noun	1.	oppression - the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people" Synonyms: subjugation
	2.	oppression - the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"
	3.	oppression - a feeling of being oppressed Synonyms: oppressiveness

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