repression

repression is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
2. noun. That which represses; check; restraint.
3. noun. the act of repressing; control by holding down

   "his goal was the repression of insolence"

4. noun. (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
5. noun. a state of forcible subjugation

   "the long repression of Christian sects"

Common word forms

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Words from these letters

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