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Definition of 'prostration'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) collapse, prostration
an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
"the commander's prostration demoralized his men"

2. (noun) prostration
abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

3. (noun) prostration
the act of assuming a prostrate position

Definition of 'prostration'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) prostration
the act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body

2. (noun) prostration
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

3. (noun) prostration
the condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits

4. (noun) prostration
a latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor

Translation of 'prostration'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to exhaust or overwhelm prostrated by the long journey.
Afrikaans: oorweldiging	Arabic: سُجود، ذُل، إنْبِطاح	Bulgarian: изтощение
Brazilian: prostração	Czech: zhroucení	German: die Niederwerfung
Danish: det at kaste sig i støvet	Greek: εξάντληση, πέσιμο μπρούμυ	Spanish: postración
Estonian: masendus	Farsi: درماندگی	Finnish: nääntymys
French: prostration; prosternemen	Hebrew: אָפִיסַת כּוֹחוֹת	Hindi: साष्टांग प्रणाम
Hungarian: megalázkodás; levertség	Indonesian: sikap menelungkup	Icelandic: örmögnun
Italian: prostrazione	Japanese: 平伏	Korean: 부복, 굴종, 부진
Lithuanian: išsekimas	Latvian: novārdzis; pārņemts; satr	Malay: keletihan
Dutch: het zich ter aarde werpen	Norwegian: detå kaste seg i støvet;	Polish: wyczerpanie, zdruzgotanie
Persian: درماندگی	Pashto: ستړيا	Portuguese: prostração
Romanian: prostraţie; prosternare	Russian: распростёртое положение;	Slovak: zrútenie
Slovenian: izčrpanost	Serbian: ispruženost	Swedish: nedfallande till marken,
Thai: ความอ่อนเพลีย	Turkish: yerlere kapanma, bitkinli	Taiwanese: 平臥，屈服
Ukrainian: занепад сил; прострація	Urdu: سجدہ، جبيں سائي، پژمردگي	Vietnamese: sự phủ phục; tình trạng k
Chinese: 平卧，屈服
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