All 4 Uses of
repress
in
Pride and Prejudice
- My feelings will not be repressed.†
Chpt 34 *
- After wandering along the lane for two hours, giving way to every variety of thought—re-considering events, determining probabilities, and reconciling herself, as well as she could, to a change so sudden and so important, fatigue, and a recollection of her long absence, made her at length return home; and she entered the house with the wish of appearing cheerful as usual, and the resolution of repressing such reflections as must make her unfit for conversation.†
Chpt 36
- She lost all concern for him in finding herself thus selected as the object of such idle and frivolous gallantry; and while she steadily repressed it, could not but feel the reproof contained in his believing, that however long, and for whatever cause, his attentions had been withdrawn, her vanity would be gratified, and her preference secured at any time by their renewal.†
Chpt 41
- Elizabeth could not repress a smile at this, but she answered only by a slight inclination of the head.†
Chpt 41
Definition:
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(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)