(n): (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
(n): the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation
(n): the act of controlling by restraining someone or something
(n): forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
(n): the act of preventing
(n): (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
(n): act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
