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frustration (iou)



frustration noun. M16.
[Latin frustratio(n-), formed as FRUSTRATE verb: see -ATION.]
The action or an instance of frustrating; the state of being frustrated; discontent arising from inability to achieve one's aims; spec. in Law, the premature termination of a contract by circumstances that make performance as envisaged by the terms of the contract impossible.
G. Grote Aristeides ascribes the frustration of this attack to the valour of two..generals. R. Lindner The total frustration of his deepest affectional needs produced an emotionally starved individual. L. van der Post When once more..we found our way blocked.., the sense of frustration was more than some of us could bear. S. Hill Almost in tears at the frustration of finding nothing he desired to buy.