n. 25B6; noun
the repression of the protests : SUPPRESSION, quashing, subduing, crushing, stamping out.
political repression : OPPRESSION, subjugation, suppression, tyranny, despotism, authoritarianism.
the repression of sexual urges : RESTRAINT, restraining, holding back, keeping back, suppression, keeping in check, control, keeping under control, stifling, bottling up.