Repression vs. Suppress

Repressionnoun

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

Suppressverb

To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.

‘Political dissent was brutally suppressed.’;

Repressionnoun

The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

Suppressverb

To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.

‘I struggled to suppress my smile.’;

Repressionnoun

The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.

Suppressverb

(psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.

‘He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.’;

Repressionnoun

That which represses; check; restraint.

Suppressverb

To prevent publication.

‘The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.’;

Repressionnoun

a state of forcible subjugation;

‘the long repression of Christian sects’;

Suppressverb

To stop a flow or stream.

‘The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.’; ‘''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.’;

Repressionnoun

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Suppressverb

To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

Repressionnoun

the act of repressing; control by holding down;

‘his goal was the repression of insolence’;

Suppressverb

(electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.

Suppressverb

(obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

Suppressverb

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

‘Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger.’;

Suppressverb

To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.

Suppressverb

To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.

‘She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense.’;

Suppressverb

To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Suppressverb

to put down by force or authority;

‘suppress a nascent uprising’; ‘stamp down on littering’; ‘conquer one's desires’;

Suppressverb

come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;

‘The government oppresses political activists’;

Suppressverb

control and refrain from showing; of emotions

Suppressverb

keep under control; keep in check;

‘suppress a smile’; ‘Keep your temper’; ‘keep your cool’;

Suppressverb

put out of one's consciousness