Suppression

n.	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.
	3.	(Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.

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

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