noun ravishment; rape.
2. oppression ·noun the act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.
3. oppression ·noun that which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny.
4. oppression ·noun a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs.