Synonyms:
suppress, stamp_down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Meaning: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Synonyms:
inhibit
Meaning: limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
Usage examples
Deeply impressed with these sentiments, we most humbly beseech Your Majesty to remove all those restraints on Your Majesty's governors of this colony which inhibit their assenting to such laws as might check so very pernicious a commerce."