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repress
transitive verb1 a: to check by or as if by pressure : curb <injustice was repressed> b: to put down by force : subdue <repress a disturbance>2 a: to hold in by self-control <repressed a laugh> b: to prevent the natural or normal expression, activity, or development of <repressed her anger>3: to exclude from consciousness <repressed the memory of abuse>4: to inactivate (a gene or formation of a gene product) by allosteric combination at a DNA binding siteintransitive verb: to take repressive action
— re·pres·sive·ly adverb
— re·pres·sive·ness noun
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