réprimer

Sans doute. Mais elle aurait payé bien plus cher si elle avait réprimé son exubérance.
But she would have paid a still higher price if she had repressed her true exuberant self.
Si un prompt châtiment n’avait réprimé la révolte, on eût assisté aux mêmes résultats.
Unless punishment had been speedily visited upon transgression, the same results would again have been seen.
Albert se rendit compte qu'il avait réprimé son amour ardent pour sa meilleure amie, Sheila.
Albert realized that he had been repressing his ardent love for his best friend, Sheila.
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