repress
[ ri-pres ]
/ rɪˈprɛs /
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
to reduce (persons) to subjection.
Psychoanalysis.
to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
verb (used without object)
to initiate or undergo repression.
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British Dictionary definitions for repress
repress
/ (rɪˈprɛs) /
verb (tr)
to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain
to repress a desire
to put into a state of subjugation
to repress a people
psychoanal
to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind
Derived forms of repress
represser, noun repressible, adjectiveWord Origin for repress
C14: from Latin
reprimere to press back, from
re- +
premere to
press
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repress
[ rĭ-prĕs′ ]
v.
To hold back by an act of volition.
To exclude something from the conscious mind.