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Repress Meaning in French |
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réprimer
, contenir
, maîtriser
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Repress
- (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
- (n.) The act of repressing.
- (v. t.) To press again.
- (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
Synonyms:
Muffle, Quash, Reduce, Smother, Stifle, Strangle, Subdue, Subjugate, Suppress,
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• Repressive
- (a.) Having power, or tending, to repress; as, repressive acts or measures.
Synonyms:
Inhibiting, Inhibitory,
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• Repressible
- (a.) Capable of being repressed.
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• Repression
- (n.) The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
- (n.) That which represses; check; restraint.
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