repression

The act of repressing or the state of being repressed.

The unconscious exclusion of painful impulses, desires, or fears from the conscious mind.

The act of repressing, restraining, or subduing: as, the repression of tumults.

That which represses; check; restraint.

Power of repressing.

The act of repressing, or state of being repressed.

That which represses; check; restraint.

The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

a state of forcible subjugation