Emily Dickinson Lexicon

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

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. Dem. xxviii.
6. A harassing by law. Bacon.
7. A slight teasing trouble.