Thesaurus: prostration

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1. n. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
2. 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.
3. n. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
4. n. A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
5. n. an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion
6. n. abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body
7. n. the act of assuming a prostrate position
8. 1. The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body. 2. 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. A greater prostration of reason than of body. Shak. 3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits. "A sudden prostration of strength." Arbuthnot. 4. (Med.) A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor. Note: Prostration, in its medical use, is analogous to the state of a spring lying under such a weight that it is incapable of action; while exhaustion is analogous to the state of a spring deprived of its elastic powers. The word, however, is often used to denote any great depression of the vital powers.
9. A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; greatoppression of natural strength and vigor.
10. n:100 n. abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body n. the act of assuming a prostrate position