1. (n.) The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

2. (n.) That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.

3. (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.

4. (n.) Ravishment; rape.