suppression

/səpɹˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

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”
3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
   “the suppression of heresy”
4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Synonyms for suppression

• curtailment
• crushing
• quelling
• stifling
• inhibition

Words that rhyme with suppression

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• possession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• recession
• succession
• compression
• profession
• regression
• session
• concession
• digression
• freshen
• oppression
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression