Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VEX-A'TION, n. [Fr. from L. vexatio.]

1. The act of irritating, or of troubling, disquieting and harassing.
2. State of being irritated or disturbed in mind.
3. Disquiet; agitation; great uneasiness. Passions too violent … afford us vexation and pain . – Temple.
4. The cause of trouble or disquiet. Your children were vexation to your youth. – Shak.
5. Afflictions; great troubles; severe judgments. The Lord shall send on thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke. Deut. xxviii.
6. A harassing by law. – Bacon.
7. A slight teasing trouble.