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

Synonyms

• restraint
• repression
• discipline
• inhibition

Examples of suppression in a Sentence

learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away

Recent Examples on the Web

The change is similar to actions in other states that repeatedly were struck down as unconstitutional for violating the public's First Amendment right to access information without government suppression. —Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The fire suppression efforts involve 20 engines, two water tenders and eight hand crews. —Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Sep. 2025

The new environment-aware approach for airborne radar is designed to adapt in real time, greatly improving interference suppression. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025

Fire truck manufacturers are able to use that data and connection with other manufacturers to coordinate suppression of production and price increases, the complaint states. —Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for suppression

• accession
• aggression
• compression
• concession
• confession
• depression
• digression
• discretion
• expression
• impression
• obsession
• oppression

Medical Definition

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