- 1. n. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. Source: opted
- 2. n. That which represses; check; restraint. Source: opted
- 3. n. a state of forcible subjugation Source: wordnet
- 4. n. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious Source: wordnet
- 5. n. the act of repressing; control by holding down Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. 2. That which represses; check; restraint. Source: webster
- 7. n:100 n. a state of forcible subjugation n. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious n. the act of repressing; control by holding down Source: ecdict
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