Definitions for suppression

Overview of noun suppression

The noun suppression has 4 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. suppression

(the failure to develop some part or organ)

2. suppression, curtailment

(the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper")

3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling

(forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent")

4. inhibition, suppression

((psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires)