prostration

pros·tra·tion

noun \prä-ˈstrā-shən\

Definition of PROSTRATION

1

a : the act of assuming a prostrate position

b : the state of being in a prostrate position : abasement

2

a : complete physical or mental exhaustion : collapse

b : the process of being made powerless or the condition of powerlessness <the country suffered economic prostration after the war>

Examples of PROSTRATION

1. <an outpatient suffering from fever, prostration, and nausea>

First Known Use of PROSTRATION

14th century

Related to PROSTRATION

Synonyms

burnout, collapse, exhaustion, frazzle, lassitude, fatigue, tiredness, weariness

Antonyms

refreshment, rejuvenation, rejuvenescence, revitalization

Related Words

debilitation, debility, disablement, enervation, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, infirmity, weakness; overfatigue; languor, lethargy, listlessness; sluggishness, slumber, stupor, torpidity, torpor; apathy, inertia, passiveness, passivity

Near Antonyms

bounce, dash, drive, energy, ginger, go, liveliness, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, zing, zip; might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, strength; briskness, jauntiness, spiritedness, sprightliness, vivaciousness, vivacity

Rhymes with PROSTRATION

aeration, Alsatian, carnation, castration, causation, cessation, cetacean, citation, Claymation, cognation, collation, conflation, C ration, creation, cremation, crenation, Croatian, crustacean, dalmatian, damnation, deflation, delation, dictation, dilation, donation, earth station, elation, Eurasian, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, formation, foundation, frustration, gas station, gestation, gradation, gustation, guttation, gyration, hydration, inflation, lactation, legation, libation, location, lunation, lustration, luxation, migration, mutation, narration, negation, notation, oblation, oration, outstation, ovation, palmation, palpation, plantation, potation, predation, privation, probation, pronation, proration, pulsation, punctation, pupation, purgation, relation, rogation, rotation, salvation, sedation, sensation, serration, space station, stagflation, stagnation, starvation, striation, substation, summation, tarnation, taxation, temptation, translation, truncation, vacation, vexation, vibration, vocation, way station, workstation

pros·tra·tion

noun \prä-ˈstrā-shən\   (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of PROSTRATION

: complete physical or mental exhaustion—see heat exhaustion