Suppression - Definition

n 1: the failure to develop some part or organ
2: the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing
from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the
newspaper" [syn: suppression, curtailment]
3: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the
suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the
stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression, crushing,
quelling, stifling]
4: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts
or desires [syn: inhibition, suppression]