suppression

suppression is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
2. noun. Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
3. noun. Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
4. noun. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

   Synonyms: inhibition

5. noun. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   "the suppression of heresy"

   "the quelling of the rebellion"

   Synonyms: crushing, quelling, stifling

6. noun. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

   "a suppression of the newspaper"

   Synonyms: curtailment

7. noun. the failure to develop some part or organ

Synonyms

inhibition, crushing, quelling, stifling, curtailment

Common word forms

suppressions

Words from these letters

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