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- DictionarySup·pres·sion/səˈpreSHən/
noun
- 1. the action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication: "the forcible suppression of campus protests" Similar subduingdefeatconqueringvanquishingrepressioncrushingquellingquashingsquashingstamping outcrackdownclampdowncowingpreventionextinctioneliminationendstoppingdiscontinuationterminationhaltingarrestcensorshipkeeping secretconcealmenthidingkeeping hiddenhushing upgaggingwithholdingcovering upsmotheringstiflingmuzzlingbanningnondisclosureproscriptionoutlawingrestrictionOpposite incitementencouragementpublicationdisclosure
- ▪ stoppage or reduction of a discharge or secretion.
- ▪ the absence or nondevelopment of a part or organ that is normally present.
- ▪ the canceling of the effect of one mutation by a second mutation.
- ▪ the restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful. Similar concealmentrestraintstiflingsmotheringholding backkeeping backchoking backcontrolkeeping under controlcheckingcurbingcontainingbridlinginhibitiondeadeningmuffling
- ▪ the conscious inhibition of unacceptable memories, impulses, or desires. Similar concealmentrestraintstiflingsmotheringholding backkeeping backchoking backcontrolkeeping under controlcheckingcurbingcontainingbridlinginhibitiondeadeningmuffling
- ▪ prevention of electrical interference.
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