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v. To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.

v. To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.

v. Psychology To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.

v. Biology To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.

verb-intransitive. To take repressive action.

n. The act of repressing.

v. To press again.

v. To prevent forcefully an upheaval from developing further.

v. Hence, to check; to keep back.

v. To press again.

v. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress

v. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

n. The act of repressing.

To press back or down effectually; crush; quell; put down; subdue; suppress.

To check; restrain; keep under due restraint.

Synonyms To curb, smother, overcome, overpower.

1 and Restrict, etc. See restrain.

n. The act of subduing.

v. block the action of

v. put down by force or intimidation

v. conceal or hide

v. put out of one's consciousness

"The groans, impossible to repress, that issued through the lips of"

repressed    represses    repressibility    repressing    repressively   

change    crush    oppress    suppress    conquer    subdue    curb    inhibit    stamp down   

restrain    suppress   

quell    check    crush    overpower    subdue    curb    restrain    suppress    supress    to   

Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   

a-historical    parceling    cerebro-spinal    elephants'    love/hate    neuropsychological    differnt    long-suppressed    condign    subdural