Available Definitions:
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.