Definitions for: Suppression


[n] (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
[n] forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
[n] the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
[n] (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant



Webster (1913) Definition: Sup*pres"sion, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F.
suppression.]
1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed;
repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection,
or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of
evidence, and the like.

2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or
excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in
contradiction to retention, which signifies that the
secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
--Quain.

3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

Syn: Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression;
detention; retention; obstruction.

Synonyms: crushing, curtailment, inhibition, quelling, stifling

See Also: abstinence, bar, crackdown, development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny, prevention, restraint

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