meaning of 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.
3. The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
4. A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
5. the act of assuming a prostrate position
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