Suppression

noun

sʌ'prɛʃʌn

Noun

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
“the suppression of heresy”
Similar:CrushingQuellingStifling
Type of:PreventionBar
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
“a suppression of the newspaper”
Similar:Curtailment
Type of:Restraint
(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Similar:Inhibition
Type of:Abstinence
the failure to develop some part or organ
Type of:OntogenesisOntogenyMaturation