Repression vs. Suppress — What's the Difference?

The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.

To put an end to forcibly; subdue

(Psychology) The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

To curtail or prohibit the activities of

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated

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

To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.

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

To inhibit the expression of

That which represses; check; restraint.

To restrain the growth, activity, or release of

A state of forcible subjugation;

To inhibit the expression of (a gene)

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

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

The act of repressing; control by holding down;

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

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

To prevent publication.

To stop a flow or stream.

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

(electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.

(military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.

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

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

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

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.

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

To put down by force or authority;

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

Control and refrain from showing; of emotions

Keep under control; keep in check;

Put out of one's consciousness