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   Vexation , n. [L. vexatio: cf. F. vexation.]
    The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation.
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   Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain.
   Sir W. Temple.
   
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   Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation.
   Macaulay.
   
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   The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction.
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   Your children were vexation to your youth.
   Shak.
   
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   A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit.
   Bacon.
   
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   Syn. -- Chagrin; agitation; mortification; uneasiness; trouble; grief; sorrow; distress. See Chagrin.
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