prostration
nounThe act of prostrating oneself.
nounThe state of being prostrate.
nounTotal exhaustion or weakness; collapse.
nounThe act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying flat.
nounThe act of falling down, or the act of bowing, in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but the word is now used also for kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
nounGreat depression; dejection: as, a prostration of spirits.
nounIn medicine, a great loss of strength, which may involve both voluntary and involuntary functions.
nounThe act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat.
nounThe 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.