Antonyms for oppression

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-presh-uhn

Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛʃ ən

Definition of oppression

Origin : mid-14c., "cruel or unjust use of power or authority," from Old French opression (12c.), from Latin oppressionem (nominative oppressio) "a pressing down; violence, oppression," noun of action from past participle stem of opprimere (see oppress). Meaning "action of weighing on someone's mind or spirits" is from late 14c.

noun misery, hardship

Example sentences :

His self-mastery is the gift of his creator, and oppression, only, can take it away.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

The demon of oppression had hidden her head ashamed, and fled to her den!
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

Some sense of oppression, of impending evil, hung over them both.
Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks

The world was full of oppression, and envy, and drunkenness, and vain pleasures.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

The fact that Godolphin was slain, it must be confessed, was not in itself the source of his oppression.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Everywhere the same story of English selfishness and oppression.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

The operation of shaving and dressing in solitude produced an oppression of loneliness.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Instead of oppression, we shall have justice, tempered with mercy.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

Looked we or no that tyranny should turn Her engines of oppression to their use?
Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke

The iron of oppression had entered into the soul of the Cuban.
Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele

Synonyms for oppression

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