- 1. n. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Source: opted
- 2. n. The state or condition of being persecuted. Source: opted
- 3. n. A carrying on; prosecution. Source: opted
- 4. n. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) Source: wordnet
- 5. 1. The act or practice of persecuting; especially, the infliction of loss, pain, or death for adherence to a particular creed or mode of worship. Persecution produces no sincere conviction. Paley. 2. The state or condition of being persecuted. Locke. 3. A carrying on; prosecution. [Obs.] Source: webster
- 6. n:100 n. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion) Source: ecdict
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