SUPPRES'SION, noun [Latin suppressio.] 1. The act of suppressing, crushing or destroying; as the suppression of a riot, insurrection or tumult. 2. The act of retaining from utterance, vent or disclosure; concealment; as the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence and the like. 3. The retaining of any thing from public notice; as the suppression of a letter or any writing. 4. The stoppage, obstruction or morbid retention of discharges; as the suppression of urine, of diarrhea or other discharge. 5. In grammar or composition, omission; as the suppression of a word.
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