To ease the soul of one oppressive weight.
Pope.
-- Op*press"ive*ly, adv. -- Op*press"ive*ness, n.
Op*press"or (?), n. [L.] One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust
burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or
unreasonable severity.
The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds.
Shak.
To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor.
Swift.