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repress
[ ri-pres ]
/ rÉŖĖprÉs /
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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.
Psychology, 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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Origin of repress
synonym study for repress
1. See check1.
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British Dictionary definitions for repress
repress
/ (rÉŖĖprÉs) /
verb (tr)
to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrainto repress a desire
to put into a state of subjugationto 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, nounrepressible, adjectiveWord Origin for repress
C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press 1
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