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Frustration

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Frustration
Frustration Frus*tra"tion, n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.] The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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