oppression

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of treating people cruelly and unfairly over a long time, or the state of being treated this way.

   After years of oppression, the people finally revolted.

2. 2
   noun

   A heavy feeling of sadness, worry, or being weighed down.

   Our sense of oppression lifted when the sun reappeared.

From Middle English oppression, from Old French oppression, from Latin oppressiō (“a pressing down, violence, oppression”), from opprimō; see oppress.

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