[ad. L. frustrātiōn-em, n. of action f. frustrārī to FRUSTRATE.] The action of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; an instance of this.
c. 1555. Harpsfield, Divorce Hen. VIII. (Camden), 184. That he that [first] broached the said matter of divorce should in shutting up of the matter with crafty secret frustrations dally with him and delay and delude him.
1598. Hakluyt, Voy., I. 175. The perpetuall frustration and reuocation of the foresayd priuiledges.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., III. xii. 135. This were … a frustration of that seminall power committed to animalls at the creation.
1676. South, Serm. (1823), I. 247. The authors … having missed of their mighty aims, are fain to retreat with frustration and a baffle.
1776. G. Horne, Comm. Ps. lxxxix. 46. The frustration of the divine counsels concerning man.
1852. Grote, Greece, II. lxxvii. X. 101, note. Aristeides ascribes the frustration of this attack to the valour of two Athenian generals.
1863. Geo. Eliot, Romola, I. ii. He thrust his hand into a purse … and explored it again and again with a look of frustration.
1884. Law Rep., 12 Q. Bench Div. 548. There may be cases of acts absolutely inconsistent with, and amounting to an entire frustration of the main object of the deed.
