repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
am repressing
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present progressiveof repress (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Is my anger due to the cruelty I am repressing in myself?
From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill
