Thesaurus: repress

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1. v. t. To press again.
2. v. t. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
3. v. t. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
4. n. The act of repressing.
5. v. put down by force or intimidation
6. v. impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
7. v. suppress in order to conceal or hide
8. v. put out of one's consciousness
9. v. block the action of
10. v:100 v. put down by force or intimidation v. block the action of