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prostration

pros.tra.tion \pra:-'stra--sh*n\ n 1a: the act of assuming a prostrate 
   position  1b: the state of being in a prostrate position : ABASEMENT  2a: 
   complete physical or mental exhaustion : COLLAPSE  2b: HELPLESSNESS, 
   POWERLESSNESS