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 ]