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English to English noun
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the failure to develop some part or organ |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | | Example: a suppression of the newspaper
source: wordnet30
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forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority | | Example: the suppression of heresy
the quelling of the rebellion
the stifling of all dissent
source: wordnet30
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(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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