Noun suppression has 4 senses
  1. suppression - (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant
    --1 is a kind of
    growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
  2. suppression, curtailment - the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"
    --2 is a kind of restraint
    Derived forms: verb suppress4, verb suppress3, verb suppress1
  3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    --3 is a kind of prevention, bar
    --3 has particulars: crackdown
    Derived forms: verb suppress1, verb suppress2
  4. inhibition, suppression - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
    --4 is a kind of abstinence
    Derived form: verb suppress5
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