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Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press again.

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Flaming :: Flaming (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue..

Represser :: Represser (n.) One who, or that which, represses..

Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

Mutter :: Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.

Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.

Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To hinder from acting or moving; to prevent the effect or efficiency of; to cause to cease; to repress; to restrain; to suppress; to interrupt; to suspend; as, to stop the execution of a decree, the progress of vice, the approaches of old age or infirmity..

Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) 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..

Tame :: Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..

Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.

Overbearing :: Overbearing (a.) Overpowering; subduing; repressing.

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