(represses, repressing, repressed)
1.
If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling.
It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control.
...repressed aggression.
= suppress
VERB: V n, V-ed
2.
If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan.
I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
VERB: V n
3.
If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them.
...a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people.
VERB: V n [disapproval]