Repress /(r?-pr?s")/

Re·press

Repress

v. t.
  1. To press again.

Repress

v. t.
  1. To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent.
  2. Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
    Desire of wine and all delicious drinks, . . . Thou couldst repress.

Repress

n.
  1. The act of repressing. [Obs.]