Both Uses of
repress
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- "It's at him," she said, pointing to Alyosha, with childish vexation at herself for not being able to repress her mirth.†
Chpt 2 *
- Katya cried suddenly, with feeling she could not repress, "if you knew how he loved that wretched man at the moment he told me, and how he hated him, perhaps, at the same moment.†
Chpt Epil.
Definition:
-
(repress) to hold something back
or:
to subjugate (oppress or hold others down)