1. Noun
The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. Noun
That which represses; check; restraint.
3. Noun
(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
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