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Represent
- 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?"
Repressed
- verb - block the action of
- characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"
- 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
Represser
- noun - an agent that represses
Represses
- 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
Repressor
- noun - an agent that represses
Reprieved
- verb - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- relieve temporarily
Reprieves
- noun - a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
- a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
- an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
- postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- relieve temporarily
- the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Reprimand
- noun - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face"
- Berate
- censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
- rebuke formally
- Tell off
Reprinted
- verb - print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"