A conscious exclusion of disapproved desire contrary with repression, in which the process of exclusion is not conscious.
The conscious effort to control and conceal unacceptable impulses, thoughts, feelings, or acts.
A conscious effort to forget an event or experience.
The act of suppressing something.
The cessation or complete inhibition of any physiological activity.
The control, but not complete eradication, of a disease, especially an infection. In the management of HIV/AIDS, e.g., drug therapies are designed to suppress viral loads to very low levels.
An abrupt halt in the discharge of substances like urine or menstruation while pregnant.
In psychiatry, a method of coping with urges and desires that are deemed unacceptable or unworthy, by trying to manage or inhibit their emergence or expression in one’s awareness; a type of repression.