suppression

noun

1. the failure to develop some part or organ

   noun.process

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.act

   Examples

   A suppression of the newspaper.

   Synonyms curtailment

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   noun.act

   Examples

   The suppression of heresy.

   Synonyms crushing quelling stifling

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

   noun.act

   Synonyms inhibition

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the <i>suppression</i> of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the <i>suppression</i> of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.

   noun

   Source: webster1913