Dictionary definition · suppression
noun
- the failure to develop some part or organ
- the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation"a suppression of the newspaper"
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority"the suppression of heresy"
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).