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Beneath :: Beneath (prep.) Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens..

Sweat :: Sweat (v. t.) To get something advantageous, as money, property, or labor from (any one), by exaction or oppression; as, to sweat a spendthrift; to sweat laborers..

Grind :: Grind (v. t.) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.

Oppress :: Oppress (v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach..

Harrow :: Harrow (v. t.) To pillage; to harry; to oppress.

Toil :: Toil (v.) Labor with pain and fatigue; labor that oppresses the body or mind, esp. the body..

Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.

Swelve :: Sweltry (v. i.) Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry.

Extortionate :: Extortionate (a.) Characterized by extortion; oppressive; hard.

Aggrieve :: Aggrieve (v. t.) To give pain or sorrow to; to afflict; hence, to oppress or injure in one's rights; to bear heavily upon; -- now commonly used in the passive TO be aggrieved..

Protector :: Protector (n.) One who, or that which, defends or shields from injury, evil, oppression, etc.; a defender; a guardian; a patron..

Oppressed :: Oppressed (imp. & p. p.) of Oppres.

Incubus :: Incubus (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.

Oppressor :: Oppressor (n.) One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

Hunger :: Hunger (n.) To feel the craving or uneasiness occasioned by want of food; to be oppressed by hunger.

Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the

Inoppressive :: Inoppressive (a.) Not oppressive or burdensome.

Exonerate :: Exonerate (v. t.) To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice..

High-handed :: High-handed (a.) Overbearing; oppressive; arbitrary; violent; as, a high-handed act..

Tribune :: Tribune (n.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls..

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