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Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..

Aggrievance :: Aggrievance (n.) Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.

Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.

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

Press :: Press (v.) To oppress; to bear hard upon.

Nonresistance :: Nonresistance (n.) The principles or practice of a nonresistant; passive obedience; submission to authority, power, oppression, or violence without opposition..

Fleece :: Fleece (v. t.) To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions..

Oppressed :: Oppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppres.

Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens..

Burdensome :: Burdensome (a.) Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.

Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

Overcharge :: Overcharge (v. t.) To charge or load too heavily; to burden; to oppress; to cloy.

Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..

Load :: Load (v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits; as, a load of care..

Gripingly :: Gripingly (adv.) In a griping or oppressive manner.

Publican :: Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation..

Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..

Priest-ridden :: Priest-ridden (a.) Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people..

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