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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suppression  \Sup*pres"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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suppression 
  n  1:  the  act  of  suppressing  [syn:  {curtailment}] 
  2:  forceful  prevention:  "suppression  of  liberal  newspapers"; 
  "quelling  of  the  revolution"  [syn:  {crushing},  {quelling}, 
  {stifling}] 
  3:  the  conscious  exclusion  of  unacceptable  thoughts  or  desires 
  [syn:  {inhibition}]




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