repress
verb (1)
repressed; repressing; represses
transitive verb
1a: to check by or as if by pressure : curb
injustice was repressed
b: to put down by force : subdue
repress a disturbance
2a: to hold in by self-control
repressed a laugh
b: to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of
repressed her anger
3: to exclude from consciousness
repressed the memory of abuse
4: to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding site
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