# repression

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #14,825

## Definitions
1. The act of repressing; state of being repressed.
2. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.

## Etymology
From repress + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **repressive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/repression-vs-repressive)
- **recession** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/recession-vs-repression)
- **regression** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/regression-vs-repression)

## Common misspellings (14)
`erpression`, `reperssion`, `reppression`, `represion`, `represison`, `repressino`, `repressionn`, `repressoin`, `represtion`, `reprression`, `reprsesion`, `rerpession`, `rperession`, `rrepression`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/repression