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repression collapse: the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"; (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious; a state of forcible subjugation; "the long repression of Christian sects"

veto collapse: a vote that blocks a decision; the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature); vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

deceleration collapse: the act of decelerating; decreasing the speed; "he initiated deceleration by braking"; a decrease in rate of change; "the deceleration of the arms race"; (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity

third party collapse: a political party organized in opposition to the major parties in a two-party system; someone other than the principals who are involved in a transaction

forestalling collapse

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

prohibition collapse: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"; a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"; a decree that prohibits something; refusal to approve or assent to; the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

law collapse: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"; a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society; a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature; "the laws of thermodynamics"; legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"; the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

day collapse: United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935); a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day"; some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual"; the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed"; time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day"; a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"; the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"; the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"; an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"

temperance collapse: the act of tempering; the trait of avoiding excesses

Communist Party collapse: a political party that actively advocates a communist form of government; in Communist countries it is the sole political party of the state

retrenchment collapse: the reduction of expenditures in order to become financial stable; entrenchment consisting of an additional interior fortification to prolong the defense

city hall collapse: a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government

political party collapse

rejection collapse: the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"; the speech act of rejecting; (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign; "rejection of the transplanted liver"; the state of being rejected

hindrance collapse: the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding; any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome; something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

ban collapse: an official prohibition or edict against something; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania; 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova; prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"; forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Tammany Hall collapse: a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism

suppression collapse: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"; the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"; (botany) the failure to develop of some part or organ of a plant

denial collapse: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true; the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

page collapse: one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains; in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood; a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings; a boy who is employed to run errands; United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922); English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962); call out somebody's name over a P.A. system; work as a page; "He is paging in Congress this summer"

rein collapse: one of a pair of long straps (usually connected to the bit or the headpiece) used to control a horse; any means of control; "he took up the reins of government"; stop or check by or as if by a pull at the reins; "He reined in his horses in front of the post office"; stop or slow up one's horse or oneself by or as if by pulling the reins; "They reined in in front of the post office"

boycott collapse: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies; refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with

restriction collapse: the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary); a principle that limits the extent of something; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements"

curtailment collapse: the temporal property of being cut short

date collapse: sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed; a meeting arranged in advance; "she asked how to avoid kissing at the end of a date"; a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking"; the present; "they are up to date"; "we haven't heard from them to date"; the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"; a particular day specified as the time something happens; "the date of the election is set by law"; the particular day, month, or year (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"; a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"; assign a date to; determine the (probable) date of; "Scientists often cannot date precisely archeological or prehistorical findings"; provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"; stamp with a date; "The package is dated November 24"; go on a date with; "Tonight she is dating a former high school sweetheart"

repudiation collapse: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful"; refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities); "the repudiation of the debt by the city"; rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid; "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"

retardation collapse: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities; the extent to which something is delayed or held back

self-control collapse: the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

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