repress: betydelser og definitioner

To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.

To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.

Psychology To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.

Biology To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.

To take repressive action.