Associations to the word «Repressing»

Wiktionary

REPRESS, noun. The act of repressing.
REPRESS, verb. To press again.
REPRESS, verb. To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
REPRESS, verb. Hence, to check; to keep back.

Dictionary definition

REPRESS, verb. Put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land".
REPRESS, verb. Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn".
REPRESS, verb. Put out of one's consciousness.
REPRESS, verb. Block the action of.

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche