suppression
(noun)
noun
1. the failure to develop some part or organ
Definition categories: process, development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny
2. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
- a suppression of the newspaper
Similar word(s): curtailment
Definition categories: act, restraint
3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
- the suppression of heresy
Similar word(s): crushing, quelling, stifling
Definition categories: act, bar, prevention
4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Similar word(s): inhibition
Definition categories: act, abstinence