aggravation

  1. Noun.  The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
  2. Noun.  Exaggerated representation.
  3. Noun.  An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.

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