Definition of repress

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Repress (n.) The act of repressing.

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Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.
Repressible :: Repressible (a.) Capable of being repressed.
Insuppressible :: Insuppressible (a.) That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible.
Mutter :: Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.
Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) To hold back; to repress; to restrain.
Repression :: Repression (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
Repressive :: Repressive (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures..
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..
Tame :: Tame (a.) To subdue; to conquer; to repress; as, to tame the pride or passions of youth..
Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..
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..
Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..
Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.
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.
Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..
Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.
Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment..
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..
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