prostration

[Pros*tra·tion]

When you lie down, bow deeply, or kneel in a submissive position, that's prostration. Many religious rituals include various forms of prostration.

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The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

Noun
the act of assuming a prostrate position

Noun
abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

Noun
a condition marked by dizziness and nausea and weakness caused by depletion of body fluids and electrolytes

n.
The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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.

n.
The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.

n.
A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.

Prostration

Pros*tra"tion , n. [L. prostratio: cf. F. prostration.] 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.

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. &hand; 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.

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.

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