Persecution synonyms and antonyms

pûr'sĭ-kyo͝o'shən

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abuse (related)
The definition of abuse is the use of something for the wrong purpose.
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oppression (related)
The action of oppressing; arbitrary and cruel exercise of power:
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killing
(Informal) A large amount of money.
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affliction
Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
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torment
Any extreme pain, anguish or misery, either physical or mental.
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murder
(Uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
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massacre
The indiscriminate, merciless killing of a number of human beings
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banishment
The act of banishing.
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expulsion
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
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exile
One who lives away from one's native country, whether because of expulsion or voluntary absence.
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imprisonment
A confinement in a place, especially a prison.
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annoyance
A thing or person that annoys
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teasing
The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.
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galling
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provoking
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pestering
An act or instance of annoying somebody.
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help (antonym)
(--- Archaic) A person employed to help, especially a farm worker or domestic servant.
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succor (antonym)
Assistance in time of distress; relief.
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stimulation (antonym)
A pushing or goading toward action.
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hell
In various religions, the place where some or all spirits are believed to go after death
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living hell
A continuing state of extreme pain, punishment or torment with no seeming chance of reprieve.
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tortures of the damned
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reward (related)
Money offered, as for the capture of a criminal, the return of something lost, etc.
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repression (related)
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pogrom (related)
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tyranny (related)
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rebellion (related)
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genocide (related)
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hostility (related)
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apostasy (related)
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reprisal (related)
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atrocity (related)
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vilification (related)
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humiliation (related)
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enslavement (related)
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anti-semitism (related)
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infliction
The act or process of imposing or meting out something unpleasant.
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martyrdom (related)
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Persecution Sentence Examples

  • Under the persecution, a large number were killed, and between four and five millions of Protestants left the country.

  • Bishop Jeremy Taylor was forward in this work of persecution.

  • Indeed it would seem that Domitian instituted a persecution of the Jews, to which Nerva his successor put an end.

  • Such an expectation of persecution is inexplicable from Nero's time.

  • But now a storm of persecution was about to break upon the universal church, iii.

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