re·press [ ri préss ](past and past participlere·pressed, present participlere·press·ing, 3rd person present singularre·press·es)
transitive verb
Definition:
1. curb actions that show feelings: to check or restrain an action that would reveal feelings He had to repress a smile.
2. suppress something by force: to control a population or an expression of people's freedom by force or military means repressed any uprising
3. psychology block something from mind: in Freudian psychology, to block unacceptable or painful impulses, desires, or memories from the conscious mind
[14th century. < Latin repress-, past participle of reprimere "press back" < premere "to press"]
