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Reposition
- noun - change place or direction; "Shift one's position"
- depositing in a warehouse; "they decided to reposition their furniture in a recommended repository in Brooklyn"; "my car is in storage"; "publishers reduced print runs to cut down the cost of warehousing"
- place into another position
Repressing
- verb - block the action of
- conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- put out of one's consciousness
- restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Repression
- noun - (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"
- the act of repressing; control by holding down; "his goal was the repression of insolence"
Repressive
- adjective - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Reprieving
- verb - postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
- relieve temporarily
Reprinting
- verb - a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale
- print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
Reproofing
- verb - censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
Reputation
- noun - notoriety for some particular characteristic; "his reputation for promiscuity"
- the general estimation that the public has for a person; "he acquired a reputation as an actor before he started writing"; "he was a person of bad report"
- the state of being held in high esteem and honor
Requesting
- verb - ask (a person) to do something; "She asked him to be here at noon"; "I requested that she type the entire manuscript"
- express the need or desire for; ask for; "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"
- inquire for (information); "I requested information from the secretary"
Rescinding
- verb - cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"