n. | 1. | |
1. | The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; | |
2. | That which represses; check; restraint. |
Noun | 1. | repression - a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects" |
2. | repression - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious | |
3. | repression - the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence" |