suppression Synonyms

repression stifling crushing inhibition concealment quelling withholding silencing restraint curtailment checking removal censorship crackdown overthrow obstruction subjugation stopping reticency secrecy authoritarianism squelching squashing preclusion retention restriction repressive reduction quenching quashing prohibition prevention subdual subduing bowdlerization censoring Nazification shoji stranglehold shutting down stamping out covering up clampdown crack down subjection sublimation suppressing suppress termination throttling