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Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..

Repressible :: Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.

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

Repression :: Repression (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers..

Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.

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..

Frown :: Frown (v. t.) To repress or repel by expressing displeasure or disapproval; to rebuke with a look; as, frown the impudent fellow into silence..

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

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..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Dipsomaniac :: Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

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

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

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

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

Suppression :: 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..

Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..

Repressive :: Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures..

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

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