The act of vexing, or the state of being vexed; agitation; disquiet; trouble; irritation. Passions too violent . . . afford us nothing but vexation and pain. Sir W. Temple. Those who saw him after a defeat looked in vain for any trace of vexation. Macaulay.
The cause of trouble or disquiet; affliction. Your children were vexation to your youth. Shak.
A harassing by process of law; a vexing or troubling, as by a malicious suit. Bacon.
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