Stū'pe-făc'tion, n.

noun

n. [Written also stupifaction.] [Fr. stupéfaction, Sp. estupefaccion, It. stupefazione. See STUPEFY.]

Sense 1. The act of stupefying, or rendering stupid.

Sense 2. A stupid or senseless state; insensibility; dullness; torpor; stupidity.

Resistance of the dictates of conscience brings a hardness and stupefaction upon it. South.