Hyphenation of SUPPRESSION

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word SUPPRESSION? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

SUP-PRES-SION

Definitions of SUPPRESSION:

1.	The failure to develop some part or organ
2.	The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation A suppression of the newspaper
3.	Forceful prevention Putting down by power or authority The suppression of heresy The quelling of the rebellion The stifling of all dissent
4.	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Synonyms of SUPPRESSION:

noun	growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
noun	curtailment, restraint
noun	crushing, quelling, stifling, prevention, bar
noun	inhibition, abstinence

Last hyphenations of this language

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