Ex*as`per*a"tion (?), n. [L.
exasperatio: cf. F. exaspération.]
1. The act of exasperating or the state of being
exasperated; irritation; keen or bitter anger.
Extorted from him by the exasperation of his
spirits.
South.
2. Increase of violence or malignity;
aggravation; exacerbation. "Exasperation of the fits."
Sir H. Wotton.