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Suppression

noun
/səˈpɹɛʃən/
Word Frequency: 7.8

Definitions

1.nounThe act or instance of suppressing.
2.nounThe state of being suppressed.
3.nounA process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
4.noun(of an eye) A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.

Synonyms

inhibitionquellingstiflingcurtailmentcrushingsuppressingrepressiverepressionpreventionsuppressabatementlapsing

Rhymes With

expressiondiscretionoppressionobsessionconcessionimpressionfacial expressionprogression
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