səˈpreshən noun
( -s )
Etymology: Latin suppression-, suppressio, from suppressus (past participle of supprimere to suppress) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
a. : the action of suppressing or the state of being suppressed
an excuse for slanting the news and for outright suppression of the facts — Liston Pope
the suppression of rebellion
b. : an instance of suppressing
2.
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. : retardation or stoppage of growth in a tree or its branches caused by insufficient light or nutrition — compare suppressed 2
3. : the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling — contrasted with repression
4. : the control of a forest fire after its discovery : the extinction and limitation of the spread of a forest fire