Meaning & Definition of Suppression in English

1. The failure to develop some part or organ

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

• "A suppression of the newspaper"

3. Forceful prevention

• Putting down by power or authority

• "The suppression of heresy"

• "The quelling of the rebellion"

• "The stifling of all dissent"

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