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