suppression

Noun
  1. The failure to develop some part or organ (synset 113584850)
    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. The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation (synset 101150463)
    "a suppression of the newspaper"
    is a type of: restraint - the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
    same as: curtailment
  3. Forceful prevention;
    Putting down by power or authority (synset 101081528)
    "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    is a type of: bar, prevention - the act of preventing
    subtypes: crackdown - severely repressive actions
    same as: crushing, quelling, stifling
  4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires (synset 101072816)
    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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