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Definitions for Repress

[1] to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
[2] to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
[3] to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.).
[4] to reduce (persons) to subjection.
[5] Psychoanalysis . to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind.
[6] to initiate or undergo repression.
[7] to press again or anew.
[8] to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain to repress a desire
[9] to put into a state of subjugation to repress a people
[10] psychoanal to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind

Words related to Repress

inhibit, subdue, suppress, crush, quell, quash, restrain, muffle, squelch, subjugate, stifle, control, hinder, kill, compose, chasten, lock, smother, shush, cork

Words nearby Repress

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Origin of Repress

-pressFirst recorded in 1870–75; re- + press1

Words that may be confused with Repress

oppress, repress

Other words from Repress

re·press·i·ble , adjective
non·re·press·i·ble , adjective
non·re·press·i·ble·ness , noun
non·re·press·i·bly , adverb
o·ver·re·press , verb (used with object)
un·re·press·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Repress

C14: from Latin reprimere to press back, from re- + premere to press 1

Synonyms for Repress

crush, inhibit, muffle, quash, quell, restrain, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool, cork, curb, hinder, kill, lock, master, overcome, overpower, rein, shush, silence, smother, swallow, black out, gridlock, hold back, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, simmer down, throw cold water on, tie up