noun : SUPPRESSION
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) the failure to develop some part or organ ;
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2. (
) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" ;
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3. (
) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" ;
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4. (
) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires ;
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