suppression

Noun

Meaning

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.

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.

Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

repression crushing inhibition concealment stifling quelling removal censorship overthrow restraint obstruction withholding subjugation checking curtailment
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Antonyms

liberty deliverance citation power development information
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Hypernyms

development growth prevention growing bar restraint

Hyponyms

crackdown

Related terms

suppress

Phrases with the word

immuno-suppression suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism noise suppression submarine suppression intragenic suppression phenotypic suppression

Examples

Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Louis Brandeis

God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners. William Wilberforce

Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to wide and considered self-government. Robert H. Jackson

Terror is trump. Methods of common brutal suppression are considered sanctified laws. "Old Fighters" are saints, and from the district leader upwards there are only Gods! Friedrich Kellner

No progress, either moral or material, can be made in a world which is frozen, like ours, into a rigid mold of suppression of liberties. Damon Knight

The suppression of liberty is always likely to be irrational. John Rawls

Close letter words and terms

suppressing suppressing your opinion suppressio veri suppression of acts of nuclear terrorism suppression order suppressionism