Repression

n.	1.
	1.	The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
	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"

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