Definition of depression

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Depression (n.) The state of being depressed; a sinking.

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Lacuna :: Lacuna (n.) A small opening; a small pit or depression; a small blank space; a gap or vacancy; a hiatus.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; -- opposed to sharpness or acuteness.
Elasticity :: Elasticity (n.) Power of resistance to, or recovery from, depression or overwork..
Valley :: Valley (n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.
Filling :: Filling (n.) That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc..
Point :: Point (n.) Whatever serves to mark progress, rank, or relative position, or to indicate a transition from one state or position to another, degree; step; stage; hence, position or condition attained; as, a point of elevation, or of depression; the stock fell off five points; he won by tenpoints..
Umbilicus :: Umbilicus (n.) A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.
Loneliness :: Loneliness (n.) A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
Slot :: Slot (n.) A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; esp., one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding in it..
Shock :: Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like..
Damp :: Damp (n.) Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.
Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..
Fossa :: Fossa (n.) A pit, groove, cavity, or depression, of greater or less depth; as, the temporal fossa on the side of the skull; the nasal fossae containing the nostrils in most birds..
Revival :: Revival (n.) Reanimation from a state of langour or depression; -- applied to the health, spirits, and the like..
Depression :: Depression (n.) A method of operating for cataract; couching. See Couch, v. t., 8..
Depression :: Depression (n.) Dejection; despondency; lowness.
Disheartenment :: Disheartenment (n.) Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
Oppression :: Oppression (n.) A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs..
Scrobiculated :: Scrobiculated (a.) Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted..
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