Obs. [a. F. contristation (14th c.) or ad. L. contristātiōn-em, n. of action f. contristāre: see prec.] The action of making sad; the state of being saddened.
1605. Bacon, Adv. Learn., I. i. § 2. Salomon giues a Censure … That in spatious knowledge there is much contristation.
1651. Charleton, Ephes. & Cimm. Matrons (1668), 19. Humiliation of the body, and contristation of spirit.
1658. J. Robinson, Eudoxa, vi. 41. The Husband … falleth into pangs of fears and contristation.
