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1. (v.t.) repress
to check or inhibit (actions or desires).
2. repress
to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable).
3. repress
to quell (disorder, sedition, etc.).
4. repress
to reduce (persons) to subjection.
5. repress
to suppress (memories, emotions, or impulses) unconsciously.
6. (v.i.) repress
to initiate or undergo repression.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < L repressus, ptp. of reprimere=re-re - +primere to press1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
put down by force or intimidation
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
2. (verb) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
3. (verb) suppress, repress
put out of one's consciousness
4. (verb) repress
block the action of
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) repress
the act of repressing
2. (verb) repress
to press again
3. (verb) repress
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
4. (verb) repress
hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back
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Sense: to keep (an impulse, a desire to do something etc) under control
He repressed a desire to hit the man.
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 Afrikaans: onderdruk |
 Arabic: يَكْبِت |
 Bulgarian: сдържам |
 Brazilian: reprimir |
 Czech: potlačit |
 German: unterdrücken |
 Danish: undertrykke |
 Greek: καταστέλλω, καταπνίγω, κα |
 Spanish: reprimir |
 Estonian: ohjeldama, talitsema |
 Farsi: سرکوب کردن |
 Finnish: tukahduttaa |
 French: réprimer |
 Hebrew: לְהַדחִיק |
 Hindi: दबाना, कुचलना |
 Croatian: svladavati, obuzdati |
 Hungarian: elnyom |
 Indonesian: menahan |
 Icelandic: bæla niður |
 Italian: reprimere |
 Japanese: 抑える |
 Korean: 억누르다 |
 Lithuanian: nuslopinti, sulaikyti |
 Latvian: apspiest; apslāpēt |
 Malay: memendam |
 Dutch: onderdrukken |
 Norwegian: holde tilbake, undertrykk |
 Polish: pohamować, stłumić |
 Persian: سرکوب کردن |
 Pashto: بندول، درول: مخه نيول فشا |
 Portuguese: reprimir |
 Romanian: a reprima |
 Russian: сдерживать |
 Slovak: potlačiť |
 Slovenian: potlačiti |
 Serbian: suzbiti |
 Swedish: betvinga, hålla tillbaka |
 Thai: อดกลั้นไว้ |
 Turkish: bastırmak |
 Taiwanese: 抑制(衝動、慾望等) |
 Ukrainian: придушувати |
 Urdu: دبانا |
 Vietnamese: kiềm chế; đàn áp |
 Chinese: 抑制（感情等） |
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