1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb -- (to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")
2. inhibit -- (limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs")
3. inhibit -- (limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction")
4. inhibit, bottle up, suppress -- (control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior)
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He has fewer complexes than any other type because he does not inhibit as much. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict