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# oppression

noun (no plural)

«oppression» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Oppression is cruel and unfair treatment of people, keeping them down and taking away their freedom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a hero frees a land from the oppression of a tyrant

### Examples

- The people suffered under the oppression of the cruel king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x1)
- The hero ended the oppression. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x2)
- Freedom is the opposite of oppression. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

The word names Egypt's hard treatment of Israel, which God saw and heard before freeing them.

**Interpretation.** Passover tells of this oppression and God's rescue.

### Examples

- And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto Me; moreover I have seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. (Torah EXO.3.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x1)
- And we cried unto the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our oppression. (Torah DEU.26.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x2)
- Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?' (Writings PSA.42.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x3)
- Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy? (Writings PSA.43.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x4)
- Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? (Writings PSA.44.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/#x5)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «oppression» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oppression/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oppression» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/oppression.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «oppression» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/oppression/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«oppression» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/oppression.html) on Mova free.