Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Suppression"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suppression \Sup*pres"sion\, n. [L. suppressio: cf. F.
suppression.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suppression
n 1: the act of suppressing [syn: {curtailment}]
2: forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers";
"quelling of the revolution" [syn: {crushing}, {quelling},
{stifling}]
3: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable
thoughts or desires [syn: {inhibition}]
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