Antonyms for repression

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ri-presh-uh n

Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈprɛʃ ən

Definition of repression

Origin : late 14c., noun of action from repress (v.), or else from Medieval Latin repressionem (nominative repressio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reprimere. Psychological sense is from 1908; biochemical sense is from 1957.

noun constraint
noun stopping

Example sentences :

He beat them down again to repression; but he never afterwards knew how he did it.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Pale, stern, composed, he stood an iron figure of repression.
Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Now, there again, I think our friend overdoes the repression business.
Extract from : « Love and Lucy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett

The first awakening is the time for the play of energy, not its repression.
Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore

I cannot stand the repression—suppression—whatever you like to call it.
Extract from : « A Houseful of Girls » by Sarah Tytler

"Repression is more rapid and more efficacious," as Maître Rouher says.
Extract from : « Napoleon the Little » by Victor Hugo

Threats of repression were answered by the formation of secret societies.
Extract from : « The Northern Iron » by George A. Birmingham

It was also subjected to repression, as each schism was, by the powers that were in place.
Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin

Laws and proclamations were continually passed for the repression of vagrants.
Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant

New laws for the repression of sedition were proposed by the Cabinet.
Extract from : « A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year » by Edwin Emerson

Synonyms for repression

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