- 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
- 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 - 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: crackdownDerived forms: verb suppress1, verb suppress2 - inhibition, suppression - (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
--4 is a kind of abstinence
Derived form: verb suppress5 - suppression, curtailment - the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"