oppression

/əpɹˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the act of subjugating by cruelty
   “the tyrant's oppression of the people”
2. the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority:
   “after years of oppression they finally revolted”
3. a feeling of being oppressed

Synonyms for oppression

• subjugation
• oppressiveness

Words that rhyme with oppression

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• possession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• recession
• succession
• compression
• profession
• regression
• session
• suppression
• concession
• digression
• freshen
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression