suppression

Meanings

Noun

• the failure to develop some part or organ
• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  • "a suppression of the newspaper"
• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  • "the suppression of heresy"
• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Synonyms

crushing, curtailment, inhibition, quelling, stifling