n. [ F., fr. L. oppressio. ] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. “The multitude of oppressions.” Job xxxv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
There gentle Sleep First found me, and with soft oppression seized My drowsed sense. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[助纣为虐 / 助紂為虐, zhù zhòu wéinu:è, ㄓㄨˋ ㄓㄡˋ ㄨㄟˊnu:ㄜˋ]helping tyrant Zhòu 紂|纣 in his oppression (成语 saw); to take the side of the evil-doer; giving succor to the enemy#60055[Add to Longdo]
[せいあつ, seiatsu](n, vs) gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy; supremacy; (P)#10233[Add to Longdo]