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Main Entry:	repress
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	keep back, hold in
Synonyms:	black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool, cork, crush, curb, gridlock, hinder, hold back, inhibit, kill, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quell, rein, restrain, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, tie up, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, quelch, shush, simmer down*, throw cold water on
Antonyms:	allow, permit, let go

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Main Entry:	bottle up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold in check
Synonyms:	check, collar, contain, cork, corner, cramp, curb, enclose, entrap, hold back, repress, restrain, restrict, suppress, trap, box up, bring to naught, coop up, cover up, hold down, hold in, keep back, keep feeling inside oneself, keep secret, shut in
Antonyms:	confide, reveal, tell

Main Entry:	bridle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, hold back
Synonyms:	constrain, control, curb, govern, inhibit, master, moderate, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, suppress, withhold, keep in check
Notes:	bridal relates to a bride or a marriage ceremony while a bridle is a harness
Antonyms:	release, let go, set free

Main Entry:	censor
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	forbid; ban; selectively remove
Synonyms:	abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, purge, purify, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, squelch, sterilize, strike out, suppress, withhold, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, drop the iron curtain, exscind, prevent publication, put the lid on, refuse transmission, scissor out, supervise communications
Antonyms:	allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction

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Main Entry:	chasten
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	correct, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, admonish, afflict, berate, castigate, chastise, chide, cow, curb, discipline, humble, objurgate, penalize, punish, rake over the coals, rebuke, reprehend, repress, reprimand, reproach, reprove, restrain, scold, scourge, soften, subdue, tame, try, upbraid, call down, exprobate, fulminate against, have on the carpet, take to task, tongue-lash
Antonyms:	aid, animate, assist, boost, cheer, comfort, embolden, encourage, help, honor, uplift

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Main Entry:	check
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hinder, restrain
Synonyms:	arrest, baffle, bar, bit, bottleneck, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, impede, inhibit, interrupt, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, pause, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, repress, repulse, retard, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold, hold down, hold in, keep back, play for time, rein in, slacken pace, slow down
Antonyms:	aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit

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Main Entry:	coerce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	compel, press
Synonyms:	beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge
Antonyms:	leave alone

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Main Entry:	command
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	rule, have power
Synonyms:	administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, force, govern, guide, head, hinder, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, override, predominate, prescribe, prevail, push, regulate, reign, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, tyrannize, wield, exercise power, have authority, hold office, overbear, preside over, reign over, take over
Antonyms:	follow

Main Entry:	compose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	calm, bring under control
Synonyms:	adjust, allay, appease, arrange, assuage, balm, check, collect, comfort, console, contain, control, cool, ease, lessen, let up, lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, reconcile, regulate, rein, relax, repress, resolve, restrain, settle, slacken, smother, soften, solace, soothe, still, suppress, temper, tranquilize, becalm, ease up, hold in, re-collect, simmer down, tune down
Antonyms:	agitate, anger, arouse, distress, excite, upset

Main Entry:	confine
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	enclose, limit
Synonyms:	bar, bind, bound, cage, circumscribe, constrain, cool, cramp, detain, enslave, fix, hinder, hold back, ice*, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, keep, put away, repress, restrain, restrict, shorten, shut up, cool down, delimit, hem in, hog-tie, put a lid on, put on ice, send up
Antonyms:	free, liberate, release, let go

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Main Entry:	contain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold back, control
Synonyms:	bottle up, check, collect, compose, cool, cork*, curb, harness, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, smother, stifle, stop, hog-tie, hold in, keep back, keep lid on, put half nelson on, simmer down

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	control
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	curb, hold back
Synonyms:	adjust, awe, bridle, check, collect, compose, constrain, contain, cool, corner, cow, limit, monopolize, quell, regulate, repress, restrain, smother, subdue, rein in, simmer down*
Antonyms:	chance, risk, rush, jump in, let go

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	cool
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take a break; abate
Synonyms:	allay, assuage, calm, calm down, chill, compose, control, dampen, lessen, mitigate, moderate, quiet, reduce, rein, repress, restrain, suppress, temper, simmer down
Antonyms:	continue, go on, increase, step up

Main Entry:	dam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold back; block
Synonyms:	bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, suppress, hold in, stop up
Antonyms:	free, liberate, release, let go, unblock, unclog, unloose

Main Entry:	deaden
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	diminish, muffle, quiet
Synonyms:	abate, alleviate, benumb, blunt, check, chloroform, consume, cushion, damp, dampen, depress, deprive, desensitize, destroy, devitalize, dim, dope, drown, dull, exhaust, freeze, frustrate, gas, hush, impair, incapacitate, injure, knock out, lay out, lessen, mute, numb, paralyze, reduce, repress, retard, slow, smother, soften, stifle, stun, stupefy, suppress, tire, tone down, unnerve, weaken, KO, anesthetize, etherize, put out of order, put to sleep, quieten
Antonyms:	animate, build, enliven, increase, strengthen

Main Entry:	defeat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	conquer in military manner
Synonyms:	ambush, annihilate, bar, bear down, beat, best, block, butcher, crush, decimate, demolish, discomfit, drown, entrap, halt, hinder, impede, lick, obliterate, obstruct, outflank, outmaneuver, overpower, overrun, overthrow, overwhelm, parry, quell, reduce, repel, repress, repulse, rout, route, sack, scatter, sink, slaughter, smash, subdue, subjugate, suppress, surmount, swamp, trample, trash, upset, vanquish, whip, wipe out, finish off, mow down, prevail over, roll back, shipwreck, torpedo*
Antonyms:	lose, surrender, give up

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	delay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause stop in action
Synonyms:	adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand
Antonyms:	advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed

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Main Entry:	discourage
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dishearten, dispirit
Synonyms:	abash, afflict, alarm, appall, awe, beat down, bother, break one's heart, bully, cast down, chill, confuse, cow, dampen, dash, daunt, deject, demoralize, deprecate, depress, dismay, disparage, distress, droop, frighten, intimidate, irk, overawe, prostrate, repress, scare, throw cold water on, trouble, try, unnerve, vex, weigh
Antonyms:	encourage, hearten, inspire, inspirit

Main Entry:	discourage
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deter, dissuade; restrain
Synonyms:	check, chill, control, curb, deprecate, discountenance, disfavor, divert, frighten, hinder, hold back, impede, inhibit, interfere, obstruct, prevent, put off, quiet, repress, scare, shake, turn off, warn, withhold, disadvise, disincline, hold off, indispose, keep back, talk out of, throw cold water on, turn aside
Antonyms:	encourage, inspire, spur on

Main Entry:	fetter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	tie up, hold
Synonyms:	bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, encumber, hamper, hamstring*, hinder, hobble, leash, manacle, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, trammel, drag feet, handcuff, hang up, hog-tie, hold captive, put straitjacket on, throw monkey wrench in
Antonyms:	free, loose, loosen, release, let go