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Antonyms for oppressing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-pres
Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛs


Definition of oppressing

Origin :
  • mid-14c., from Old French opresser "oppress, afflict; torment, smother" (13c.), from Medieval Latin oppressare, frequentative of Latin opprimere "press against, press together, press down;" figuratively "crush, put down, subdue, prosecute relentlessly" (in Late Latin "to rape"), from ob "against" (see ob-) + premere "to press, push" (see press (v.1)).
  • It is the due [external] restraint and not the moderation of rulers that constitutes a state of liberty; as the power to oppress, though never exercised, does a state of slavery. [St. George Tucker, "View of the Constitution of the United States," 1803]
  • Related: Oppressed; oppressing.
  • verb depress, subdue
Example sentences :
  • It had oppressed him before, and now again it was oppressing him.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • A heavy sense of the unkindness of fate was oppressing Mr. Goble.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • I began to think her innocent, and lost some of the gloom which had been oppressing me.
  • Extract from : « The Old Stone House and Other Stories » by Anna Katharine Green
  • I made an effort to rouse myself—thinking it was sleep that was oppressing me.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Huntress » by Mayne Reid
  • What is the use of possessing strength if we exercise it in oppressing others?
  • Extract from : « Leslie Ross: » by Charles Bruce
  • But not for long; so many fears and doubts were oppressing me that I had to speak.
  • Extract from : « With the Indians in the Rockies » by James Willard Schultz
  • Use not your power or liberty to the robbing, or oppressing, or injury of any.
  • Extract from : « A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4) » by Richard Baxter
  • Possibly, he feared that by oppressing them he might drive them to acts of desperation.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. IV (of VI) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • He was an efficient assistant of the latter, and co-operated with him in oppressing the other boys.
  • Extract from : « Phil the Fiddler » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • Phil explained that Pietro was the padrone's nephew and assisted in oppressing the boys.
  • Extract from : « Phil the Fiddler » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

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