repress

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Latin repressus, the perfect passive participle of reprimō (“I repress”).

verb

1. (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
   to repress rebellion or sedition
   to repress the first risings of discontent
2. (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.

Etymology 2

re- + press

verb

1. To press again.
   to repress a vinyl record

noun

1. A record pressed again; a repressing.
   Save for the shows he actually taped — Dylan, Springsteen, Page & Plant and other kindred spirits — his own titles by 1994 were just represses of hard-to-find Japanese or American titles. 2010, Clinton Heylin, Bootleg! The Rise And Fall Of The Secret Recording Industry