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Repoussoir
- unknown - a figure or object in the foreground of a picture or other composition intended to draw the viewer's eye into the picture
Reprehends
- verb - criticise
- express strong disapproval of
Represents
- verb - be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority"
- be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
- be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
- bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
- create an image or likeness of;
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
Repressers
- noun - an agent that represses
Repressing
- verb - block the action of
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- put out of one's consciousness
- restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Repression
- noun - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
- a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"
- the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
Repressive
- adjective - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Repressors
- noun - an agent that represses
Reprieving
- verb - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- relieve temporarily