repress

Verb
Synonyms: quashkeep downsubduesubjugatereducesmotherstiflestranglemufflesuppress

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. put down by force or intimidation“The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”“China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”“The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land”Synonyms: quashkeep downsubduesubjugatereduce
  2. conceal or hide“smother a yawn”“muffle one's anger”“strangle a yawn”Synonyms: smotherstiflestranglemuffle
  3. put out of one's consciousnessSynonyms: suppress
  4. block the action of
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.] To press again. [1913 Webster]
Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press: cf. L. reprimere, repressum. Cf. Reprimand.]

1.To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back. [1913 Webster]

Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell; curb; check. [1913 Webster]

Repress \Re*press"\, n. The act of repressing. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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