Noun
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
That which represses; check; restraint.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe seed of revolution is repression. Woodrow Wilson
Human rights are not only violated by terrorism, repression or assassination, but also by unfair economic structures that creates huge inequalities. Pope Francis
The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression. W. E. B. Du Bois
I was only a working-class boy from a Nationalist ghetto, but it is repression that creates the revolutionary spirit of freedom. Bobby Sands
If you're going to hold someone down you're going to have to hold on by the other end of the chain. You are confined by your own repression. Toni Morrison
Societies held together by fear and repression may offer the illusion of stability for a time, but they are built upon fault lines that will eventually tear asunder. Barack Obama