Meaning : A state of forcible subjugation.
							Example : 
							The long repression of native people by Christian invaders from Europe.
							
Meaning : (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious.
Meaning : The act of repressing. Control by holding down.
							Example : 
							His goal was the repression of insolence.