suppression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suppression	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suppression n the failure to develop some part or organ the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper" Synonym(s): suppression, curtailment forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" Synonym(s): suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires Synonym(s): inhibition, suppression
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Suppression \Suppres"sion\, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.] 1. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression* of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like. 2. (Med.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion. --Quain. 3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word. Syn: Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction.