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Definition of " Pression " in English English Dictionary
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Pression The act of pressing; pressure. n.
Pression An endeavor to move. n.
Misexpression Wrong expression. n.
Oppression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
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Oppression Hear the Pronunciation!
That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
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Oppression Hear the Pronunciation!
A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.
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Oppression Hear the Pronunciation!
Ravishment; rape.
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Reimpression A second or repeated impression; a reprint. n.
Repression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
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Repression Hear the Pronunciation!
That which represses; check; restraint.
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Suppression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
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Suppression Hear the Pronunciation!
Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
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Suppression Hear the Pronunciation!
Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
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Compression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of depressing.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
The state of being depressed; a sinking.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
A falling in of the surface; a sinking below its true place; a cavity or hollow; as, roughness consists in little protuberances and depressions.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
Humiliation; abasement, as of pride.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
Dejection; despondency; lowness.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
Diminution, as of trade, etc.; inactivity; dullness.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
The angular distance of a celestial object below the horizon.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
The operation of reducing to a lower degree; -- said of equations.
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Depression Hear the Pronunciation!
A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of expressing; the act of forcing out by pressure; as, the expression of juices or oils; also, of extorting or eliciting; as, a forcible expression of truth.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of declaring or signifying; declaration; utterance; as, an expression of the public will.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
Lively or vivid representation of meaning, sentiment, or feeling, etc.; significant and impressive indication, whether by language, appearance, or gesture; that manner or style which gives life and suggestive force to ideas and sentiments; as, he reads with expression; her performance on the piano has expression.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
A form of words in which an idea or sentiment is conveyed; a mode of speech; a phrase; as, a common expression; an odd expression.
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Expression Hear the Pronunciation!
The representation of any quantity by its appropriate characters or signs.
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Expressional Hear the Pronunciation!
Of, or relating to, expression; phraseological; also, vividly representing or suggesting an idea or sentiment.
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Expressionless Hear the Pronunciation!
Destitute of expression.
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Impression Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.
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Impression Hear the Pronunciation!
That which is impressed; stamp; mark; indentation; sensible result of an influence exerted from without.
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