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Definition of: oppression
(ə·presh′ən) noun
1. The act of oppressing.
2. Subjection to unjust hardships; tyranny.
3. Mental depression; languor; dulness of spirits.
4. A sense of weight or of constriction.
5. That which oppresses or is hard to bear; privation; hardship; cruelty.
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