Ex*as`per*a"tion (?), n. [L. exasperatio: cf. F. exasp'eration.]
1.
The act of exasperating or the state of being exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
Extorted from him by the exasperation of his spirits.
South.
2.
Increase of violence or malignity; aggravation; exacerbation.
"
Exasperation of the fits."
Sir H. Wotton.
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