Definition of oppress

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

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Sweatily :: Sweater (n.) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
Low :: Low (adv.) In subjection, poverty, or disgrace; as, to be brought low by oppression, by want, or by vice..
Aggrievance :: Aggrievance (n.) Oppression; hardship; injury; grievance.
Oppressed :: Oppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppres.
Swelter :: Swelter (v. t.) To oppress with heat.
Franchise :: Franchise (a.) Exemption from constraint or oppression; freedom; liberty.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To ravish; to violate.
Griper :: Griper (a.) One who gripes; an oppressor; an extortioner.
Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress.
Patience :: Patience (n.) The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc..
Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..
Rapacity :: Rapacity (n.) The act or practice of extorting or exacting by oppressive injustice; exorbitant greediness of gain.
Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Overgrow :: Overgrow (v. t.) To grow beyond; to rise above; hence, to overcome; to oppress..
Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money..
Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
Exclaim :: Exclaim (v. t. & i.) To cry out from earnestness or passion; to utter with vehemence; to call out or declare loudly; to protest vehemently; to vociferate; to shout; as, to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment; The field is won! he exclaimed..
Right :: Right (a.) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate..
Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Submission under difficult or oppressive circumstances; patience; moderation.
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