1. prostration - Noun
2. Prostration - Proper noun
The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.
The act of falling down, or of bowing in humility or adoration; primarily, the act of falling on the face, but usually applied to kneeling or bowing in reverence and worship.
The condition of being prostrate; great depression; lowness; dejection; as, a postration of spirits.
A latent, not an exhausted, state of the vital energies; great oppression of natural strength and vigor.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThere comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration. Lewis Carroll
I go from exasperation to a state of collapse, then I recover and go from prostration to Fury, so that my average state is one of being annoyed. Gustave Flaubert
Prostration is our natural position. A worm-like movement from a spot of sunlight to a spot of shade, and back, is the type of movement that is natural to men. Wyndham Lewis
the commander's prostration demoralized his men Source: Internet
Another version attributed to 'Urwa has only one round of fitna, which begins after Muhammad has converted the entire population of Mecca, so that the Muslims are too numerous to perform ritual prostration ( sūjud ) all together. Source: Internet
Quote, p.22: "In one five day period alone, 14 workers died from heat prostration." Source: Internet