2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Repression \Re*pres"sion\ (r?-pr?sh"?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]pression.]
1. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as
the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. That which represses; check; restraint.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
repression
n 1: a state of forcible subjugation; "the repression of
Christian sects"
2: the classical defense mechanism that protects you from
impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing
them from becoming conscious
more about repression
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