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Meaning of 'repress' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Repress [ n.]
- The act of repressing.
2 . Repress [ v. t.]
- To press again.
- 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.
- Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

Meaning of 'repress' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . repress [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put down by force or intimidation
Example in sentence:
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently;
  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising;
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Meaning (2):
- suppress in order to conceal or hide
Example in sentence:
  • muffle one's anger;
  • repress a cry of fear;
  • smother a yawn;
  • strangle a laugh
Meaning (3):
- block the action of
Example in sentence:
  • the process of repressing gene transcription

Nearby Words:

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