oppression

noun3

1. •
   The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.
2. •
   The act of oppressing, or the state of being oppressed.

   • Extreme freedom is followed by extreme oppression, said Plato.
3. •
   A feeling of being oppressed. Special usage may include a sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude.

   • Our oppression was lifted by the reappearance of the sun.