repress

English

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“I repress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈpɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.

   to repress sedition or rebellion

   to repress the first risings of discontent.

2. (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
   • (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, […] / Thou couldst repress.

Synonyms

• (forcefully preventing an upheaval from developing): to crush; to quell; to subdue; to suppress
• (to keep back): to restrain; to hold back

Related terms

• repression
• repressive

Translations

forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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• Catalan: reprimir (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Esperanto: subpremi, sufoki
• Finnish: tukahduttaa (fi)
• French: réprimer (fr), opprimer (fr)
• Galician: reprimir (gl)
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• Hungarian: elfojt (hu)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kurupena (refers to feelings), whakakōmau, koropehu, tāmoe
• Persian: سرکوفتن (sarkūftan), سرکوب کردن (fa) (sarkūb kardan)
• Portuguese: reprimir (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: reprimir (es)
• Thai: กลั้น (th) (glân), ระงับ (th) (rá-ngáp)
• Tibetan: བཙན་གནོན་བྱས (btsan gnon byas)
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• Welsh: adwthio

to keep back

• Catalan: reprimir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Esperanto: deteni
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: pidättää (fi) (+ partitive)
• French: retenir (fr)
• Spanish: reprimir (es)

Etymology 2

re- +‎ press

Verb

1. To press again.

   to repress a vinyl record

Noun

repress (plural represses)

1. A record pressed again; a repressing.
   • 2010, Clinton Heylin, Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry:

     Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles.

Anagrams

• Presser, presser