suppression Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the failure to develop some part or organ
  2. noun the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
    curtailment.
    • a suppression of the newspaper
  3. noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
    stifling; quelling; crushing.
    • the suppression of heresy
    • the quelling of the rebellion
    • the stifling of all dissent
  4. noun (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
    inhibition.

WordNet

Sup*pres"sion noun
Etymology
L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913