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re·press (rĭ-prĕś)

[Middle English repressen, from Latin reprimere, repress-, re-, re-, + premere, to press.]

verb: -pressed, -press·ing, -press·es. 

transitive verb 

  1. To hold back by an act of volition: couldn't repress a smirk.
  2. To put down by force, usually before total control has been lost; quell: repress a rebellion.
  3. Psychology To exclude (painful or disturbing memories, for example) automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.
  4. Biology To block (transcription of a gene) by combination of a protein to an operator gene.

intransitive verb 

To take repressive action.

derivatives

re·presśi·biĺi·ty
noun
re·presśi·ble
adjective