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Repress

🔄 Synonyms of "Repress"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
subjugateverb	To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
subdueverb	(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
keep downverb	(transitive) To repress.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Repress"

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Word	Definition
keep downverb	(transitive) To repress.
suppressverb	To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
subdueverb	(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
reduceverb	(transitive) To bring down the size, quantity, quality, value or intensity of something; to diminish, to lower.
subjugateverb	To forcibly impose obedience, servitude, or submission upon (a country, a people, etc.).
suppressingnoun	The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
quellverb	(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
restrainverb	(transitive) To control or keep in check.
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
deterverb	(transitive) To prevent something from happening.
repelverb	(transitive) To drive back (an assailant, advancing force etc.).
prohibitverb	(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
curtailverb	(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of; to bring an end to; to truncate.
muffleverb	(transitive) To wrap (a person, face etc.) in fabric or another covering, for warmth or protection; often with up.
criminalizeverb	(transitive) To make (something) a crime; to make illegal under criminal law; to ban.
punishverb	(transitive) To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
penalizeverb	(transitive) To subject to a penalty, especially for the infringement of a rule or regulation.
counterverb	To contradict, oppose.