suppression
noun
sup·pres·sion
sə-ˈpre-shən 
1
: an act or instance of suppressing : the state of being suppressed
2
: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling
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learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away
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Parents who overemphasize obedience, which can require the suppression of big feelings, run the risk of raising people-pleasers who can’t advocate for themselves and are more likely to grow into anxious, unhappy adults, Raouda says.
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
During the suppression hearings, the defense argued that there were initially two officers talking to Mangione at the fast-food restaurant and they were positioned in a way that could have blocked his exit.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
The new defense filing in the federal case used some of the testimony from that suppression hearing to argue the evidence should also be excluded from Mangione’s federal case.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
The defense’s claim came as Mangione’s suppression hearing, which examined whether a handgun, silencer, magazine and a red notebook should be allowed in his criminal trial, ended after three weeks of testimony.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
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Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
During the suppression hearings, the defense argued that there were initially two officers talking to Mangione at the fast-food restaurant and they were positioned in a way that could have blocked his exit.
—Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2025
The new defense filing in the federal case used some of the testimony from that suppression hearing to argue the evidence should also be excluded from Mangione’s federal case.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2025
The defense’s claim came as Mangione’s suppression hearing, which examined whether a handgun, silencer, magazine and a red notebook should be allowed in his criminal trial, ended after three weeks of testimony.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Suppression.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suppression. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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suppression
noun
sup·pres·sion
sə-ˈpresh-ən
: an act or instance of suppressing: as
a
: stoppage of a bodily function or a symptom
suppression of urine secretion
suppression of a cough
b
: the failure of development of a bodily part or organ
c
: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling compare repression sense 2a
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