0 the act or position of lying with the face down and arms stretched out, especially as a sign of respect or worship: --
1 the state of having no strength or ability to do anything, for example because you are very ill, very tired, or very upset: --
It is a severe, flu-like illness, with fever, headache, muscle pain, and prostration.
She was in a bad state of exhaustion, approaching prostration.
The company lurched from prosperity to prostration.
They prefer pride to prostration, putting on a brave face for the outside world and crying in private.
He collapsed into coma-like prostration.
Almost all the words for worship are about bowing down or prostration.
Prostration during these services signifies religious surrender.
She spent five minutes in prayer, following a precise series of bows and prostrations.