suppression

noun5

1. •
   The act or instance of suppressing.

   • The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion and politics, but it is not the path to knowledge; it has no place in the endeavor of science. — 1980
2. •
   The state of being suppressed.
3. •
   A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
4. •
   The entirety of acts aimed at stopping or preventing the enemy to execute such unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.

   • In these circumstances the Communist guerrillas had survived Kuomintang suppression and in the autumn of 1931 they had launched a rising in the Huanglung Mountains of north Shensi. — 1971
5. •
   A subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia.