ALL meanings of repress
re·press
R r - verb with object repress to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.). 1
- verb with object repress to keep down or suppress (anything objectionable). 1
- verb with object repress to put down or quell (sedition, disorder, etc.). 1
- verb with object repress to reduce (persons) to subjection. 1
- verb with object repress Psychoanalysis. to reject (painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses) from the conscious mind. 1
- verb without object repress to initiate or undergo repression. 1
- transitive verb repress emotion: hold back, suppress 1
- transitive verb repress oppress, control: sb 1
- transitive verb repress memory: deny, block out 1
- verb repress If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. 0
- verb repress If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan. 0
- verb repress If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them. 0
- verb repress to keep (feelings, etc) under control; suppress or restrain 0
- verb repress to put into a state of subjugation 0
- verb repress to banish (thoughts and impulses that conflict with conventional standards of conduct) from one's conscious mind 0
- verb transitive repress to keep down or hold back; restrain 0
- verb transitive repress to put down; subdue 0
- verb transitive repress to control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of 0
- verb transitive repress to force (ideas, impulses, etc. painful to the conscious mind) into the unconscious 0
- verb transitive repress to prevent (unconscious ideas, impulses, etc.) from reaching the level of consciousness 0