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repression


repression - noun

  • a state of forcible subjugation
  • (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
  • the act of repressing; control by holding down

    • Scrabble score for repression

    r is 1 e is 1 p is 3 r is 1 e is 1 s is 1 s is 1 i is 1 o is 1 n is 1
    Scrabble score = 12

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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