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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Repression

/(r?-pr?sh"?n)/ · Re·pres·sion · IPA /riːprˈɛʃən/
01 n. The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
  1. 1.
    The act of repressing, or state of being repressed; as, the repression of evil and evil doers.
  2. 2.
    That which represses; check; restraint.