Noun Definition

repression

1.Definition: (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Category: General

2.Definition: a state of forcible subjugation

"The long repression of Christian sects"

Category: General

3.Definition: the act of repressing; control by holding down

"His goal was the repression of insolence"

Category: General