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Antonyms for persecution

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pur-si-kyoo-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɜr sɪˈkyu ʃən

Definition of persecution

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "oppression for the holding of a belief or opinion," from Old French persecucion "persecution, damage, affliction, suffering" (12c.) and directly from Latin persecutionem (nominative persecutio), noun of action from past participle stem of persequi "follow, pursue, hunt down; proceed against, prosecute, start a legal action," from per- "through" (see per) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Psychological persecution complex is recorded from 1961; earlier persecution mania (1892).
  • noun affliction
Example sentences :
  • I may have been mistaken with regard to the cause of my persecution by the Wilsons, but I think not.
  • Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
  • And then at once arises the danger into which morality has led us: the danger of persecution.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • But be that as it may, they joined with Lip-lip in the persecution.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Grief and persecution had in a former instance inspired her with the love of solitude.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • There was a cry of "Neo-paganism," and various attempts at persecution.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume I » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • The persecution of which they complained was the persecution of the honest man by the knave.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • There is persecution, but they are not turned out of village, street, or house.
  • Extract from : « Things as They Are » by Amy Wilson-Carmichael
  • Three more weeks of this persecution and my looks would be quite gone.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • But Anaxagoras had been dead thirty years, and was beyond the reach of persecution.
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • And there, among her relatives, she thought she would be free from our persecution.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for persecution

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