Prostration

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of prostrating oneself.
  • n. The state of being prostrate.
  • n. Total exhaustion or weakness; collapse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act or condition of prostrating (lying flat) oneself, as a sign of humility.
  • n. A part of the ordination of Catholic and Orthodox priests.
  • n. Being laid face down (prone).
  • n. The condition of being prostrated, as from heat.
  • n. A reverential bow performed in Middle Eastern cultures.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat.
  • n. The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
  • n. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection.
  • n. A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying flat.
  • n. The act of falling down, or the act of bowing, in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but the word is now used also for kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
  • n. Great depression; dejection: as, a prostration of spirits.
  • n. In medicine, a great loss of strength, which may involve both voluntary and involuntary functions.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of assuming a prostrate position
  • n. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
  • n. abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    motility    movement    motion    move    submission   
    Cross Reference
    nervous prostration    electric prostration   
    Form
    heat prostration   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lowness    dejection   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    exhaustion    dejection    faintness    debility    destitution   
     
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