REPRESS

vt to press again.

2. repress ·noun the act of repressing.

3. repress ·vt hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.

4. repress ·vt to press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.