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Another word for repress

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Verb

  1. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

    See also:

    restraint

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Another word for repress

Verb
      1. To hold back; restrain:
      2. To cause (a person) to behave in a restrained or self-conscious way:
      3. To suppress or restrain (behavior, an impulse, or a desire) consciously or unconsciously.
      1. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
      1. A concrete border or row of joined stones forming part of a gutter along the edge of a street.
      2. An enclosing framework, such as that around a skylight.
      3. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
      1. To exercise authoritative or dominating influence over; direct:
      2. To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
      3. To hold in restraint; check:
    See also:

    suppress

    restrain

    hinder

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Sentence Examples

  • Pierre listened to him, scarcely able to repress a smile.

  • of Portugal to set up the Inquisition in Goa to repress Judaism, but the tribunal was not set up until 1560.

  • The measures taken by Alfred to repress this revolt culminated in the capture of London in 885 or 886, and the treaty known as Alfred and Guthrum's peace, whereby the boundaries of the treaty of Wedmore (with which this is often confused) were materially modified in Alfred's favour.

  • His policy was to take advantage of the violence of the faction, to " give them line enough," to use his own words, to encourage it rather than repress it, with the expectation of procuring finally a strong royalist reaction.

  • I can't bear these ladies and all these civilities! said he aloud in Sonya's presence, evidently unable to repress his vexation, after the princess' carriage had disappeared.

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