Word
Suppression
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
sup-pres-sion
Definition
- n. - The act of suppressing, or the state of being
suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or
tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the
like.
- n. - Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion;
as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which
signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without
expulsion.
- n. - Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
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