Synonyms for suppression
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : suh-presh-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : səˈprɛʃ ən |
Définition of suppression
Origin :- 1520s, from Latin suppressionem (nominative suppresio), noun of action from past participle stem of supprimere (see suppress).
- noun abolition
- But Mr. Wititterly's feelings were beyond the power of suppression.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- Her affection for her children was expressed by the suppression of all signs of anxiety.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- Suppression: the non-development of a part normally present.
- Extract from : « Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology » by John. B. Smith
- At last their violence arose to a height which brought on their suppression.
- Extract from : « A Tour in Ireland » by Arthur Young
- The business was stated to be the suppression of Popery and the healing of the jars of the Church.
- Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
- Turgot demanded the suppression of this declaration of intolerance.
- Extract from : « Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) » by John Morley
- The popular preachers vanished also on the suppression of the movement.
- Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax
- Its suppression is asked for, as I have said, to give peace and security to slaveholders.
- Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
- There is no stinting of the epic proportions or suppression of the epic devices.
- Extract from : « Epic and Romance » by W. P. Ker
- Benezet was primarily interested in the suppression of the slave trade.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
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