suppression

Noun
  1. is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  2. is a type of: restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
    same as: curtailment
  3. is a type of: bar, prevention - the act of preventing
    subtypes: crackdown - severely repressive actions
    same as: crushing, quelling, stifling
  4. referred to in: psychological science, psychology - the science of mental life
    is a type of: abstinence - act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
    same as: inhibition

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