suppression - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'suppression' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suppression

[ n.]

- The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
- Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
- Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

Meaning of 'suppression' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suppression

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

Example in sentence:

a suppression of the newspaper

Meaning (2):
- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Example in sentence:

the quelling of the rebellion;
the stifling of all dissent;
the suppression of heresy

Nearby Words:

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