ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Repress', Synonyms of 'Repress' & More on 'Repress'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

repress
    v 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" [syn: repress,
         quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
    2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
       "strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
       muffle, repress]
    3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
    4: block the action of

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Repress \Re*press"\ (r?-pr?s"), v. t. [Pref. re- + press.]
   To press again.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
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            Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . .
            Thou couldst repress.                 --Milton.
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   Syn: To crush; overpower; subdue; suppress; restrain; quell;
        curb; check.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

Thesaurus Results for repress:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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