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ضُهْدَةٌ

Root: ضهد

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ضُهْدَةٌ Force; constraint; compulsion.
2 هُوَ ضُهْدَةٌ لِكُلِّ أَحَدٍ means He is one who may be overpowered, subdued, or oppressed, by every one who desires to make him so.
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