## Meanings
1. To stop yourself from showing or feeling an emotion or desire.
2. To control a group of people or stop a protest by force.
3. To push painful thoughts or memories out of your conscious mind.

## Examples
- She tried hard to repress her anger during the meeting.
- The government used the army to repress the rebellion.
- He had repressed the memory of the accident for years.

## Derived Forms
- autorepress
- corepress
- derepress
- repressibility
- repressible
- repressment
- transrepress

## Related Forms
- repression
- repressive
- repressor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: repressus

## Etymology
Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”).

## AI Etymology
Repress ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“to repress”). Modern senses include to stop yourself from showing or feeling an emotion or desire. and to control a group of people or stop a protest by force.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as autorepress, corepress, derepress, repressibility, repressible, and repressment and related forms such as repression, repressive, and repressor.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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