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Meaning of suppression

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  suppression
      n 1: the failure to develop some part or organ
      2: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing
         from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the
         newspaper" [syn: {suppression}, {curtailment}]
      3: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the
         suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the
         stifling of all dissent" [syn: {suppression}, {crushing},
         {quelling}, {stifling}]
      4: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts
         or desires [syn: {inhibition}, {suppression}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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