suppression

Noun

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  • the suppression of heresy
    
  • the quelling of the rebellion
    
  • the stifling of all dissent
    

• the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
  • a suppression of the newspaper
    

• the failure to develop some part or organ

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  inhibition , crushing , quelling , stifling , curtailment