"suppressions" in the noun sense
1. suppression
the failure to develop some part or organ
2. suppression, curtailment
the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
"a suppression of the newspaper"
3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
forceful prevention putting down by power or authority
"the suppression of heresy"
"the quelling of the rebellion"
"the stifling of all dissent"
4. inhibition, suppression
psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
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