oppressionn.[F., fr. L. oppressio.]1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.()2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.(Job xxxv. 9.)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.()There gentle Sleep
First found me, and with soft oppression seized
My drowsed sense. (Milton.)4. Ravishment; rape.(Chaucer.)