What is the meaning of repressing?

verb

• Put down by force or intimidation.
  • usage: "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
  • synonyms: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Conceal or hide.
  • usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
  • synonyms: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
• Put out of one's consciousness.
  • synonyms: suppress, repress
• Block the action of.
  • synonyms: repress

adjective

• Restrictive of action.
  • usage: "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
  • synonyms: inhibitory, repressive