suppression

noun

1. 1

   (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

2. 2

   forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   the suppression of heresy

   the quelling of the rebellion

3. 3

   the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

   a suppression of the newspaper

4. 4

   the failure to develop some part or organ