repress
noun C2- A record pressed again; a repressing.
Plural represses
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As for my disposition, that is, perhaps, somewhat too hasty; but I have striven to repress it.
“The affair in the Rue Saint-Jacques!” exclaimed Villefort, unable to repress an exclamation.
Elizabeth could not repress a smile at this, but she answered only by a slight inclination of the head.
“Alas,” cried Monte Cristo, striving to repress his emotion, “if Lord Wilmore was your unknown benefactor, I fear you will never see him again.
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