oppression   (Sound)

The noun oppression has 3 senses

• oppression, subjugation -- (the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people")


• oppression -- (the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted")


• oppression, oppressiveness -- (a feeling of being oppressed)