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frustration|frʌˈstreɪʃən|
[ad. L. frustrātiōn-em, n. of action f. frustrārī to frustrate.]
The action of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; an instance of this.
c1555Harpsfield Divorce Hen. VIII (Camden) 184 That he should..with crafty secret frustrations dally with him. 1598Hakluyt Voy. I. 175 The perpetuall frustration and reuocation of the foresayd priuiledges. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xii. 135 This were..a frustration of that seminall power committed to animalls at the creation. 1676South Serm. (1823) I. 247 The authors..having missed of their mighty aims, are fain to retreat with frustration and a baffle. 1776G. Horne Comm. Ps. lxxxix. 46 The frustration of the divine counsels concerning man. 1852Grote Greece ii. lxxvii. X. 101 note, Aristeides ascribes the frustration of this attack to the valour of two Athenian generals. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola i. ii, He thrust his hand into a purse..and explored it again and again with a look of frustration. 1884Law Rep. 12 Q. Bench Div. 548 There may be cases of acts absolutely inconsistent with, and amounting to an entire frustration of the main object of the deed. |