suppression meaning and definition

SUPPRESSION noun

Definition of suppression (noun)

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