Definition of repress

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Repress (v. t.) 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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Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.
Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..
Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.
Flaming :: Flaming (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue..
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) 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..
Repression :: Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..
Overbearing :: Overbearing (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing.
Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..
Repressible :: Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press again.
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
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