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: General2.Definition: a state of forcible subjugation
"The long repression of Christian sects"
Category: General3.Definition: the act of repressing; control by holding down
"His goal was the repression of insolence"
Category: General