Word Meaning

repress definition and meaning

v. t. To press again.
v. t. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
v. t. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
n. The act of repressing.

Crossword clues for repress

- Check about the press
- Hold back Royal Engineers with iron
- Keep (feelings) under control
- Keep under
- Keep under control
- Quell
- Restrain feelings about having to iron all over again
- Subdue
- Subdue by force
- Subjugate