derepress

English

Etymology

de- +‎ repress

Verb

derepress (third-person singular simple present derepresses, present participle derepressing, simple past and past participle derepressed)

1. (genetics) To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor
2. (psychiatry) To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).

Anagrams

• repressed, respersed