Emily Dickinson Lexicon

OP-PRES'SION, n.

1. The act of oppressing; the imposition of unreasonable burdens, either in taxes or services; cruelty; severity.
2. The state of being oppressed or overburdened; misery. Shak. The Lord – saw the oppression of Israel. 2 Kings xiii.
3. Hardship; calamity. Addison.
4. Depression; dullness of spirits; lassitude of body. Arbuthnot.
5. A sense of heaviness or weight in the breast, &c.