re|press /r I pre s/ (represses , repressing , repressed )
1 VERB If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. □ [be V -ed] It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control. □ [V -ed] …repressed aggression.
2 VERB If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan. □ [V n] I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration.
3 VERB If a section of society is repressed , their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ [V n] …a U.N. resolution banning him from repressing his people.
re|pressed /r I pre st/ ADJ A repressed person is someone who does not allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires, especially sexual ones. □ Some have charged that the Puritans were sexually repressed and inhibited.
re|pres|sion /r I pre ʃ ə n/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Repression is the use of force to restrict and control a society or other group of people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ …a society conditioned by violence and repression.
2 N‑UNCOUNT Repression of feelings, especially sexual ones, is a person's unwillingness to allow themselves to have natural feelings and desires. □ [+ of ] …the repression of his feelings about men.
re|pres|sive /r I pre s I v/ ADJ A repressive government is one that restricts people's freedom and controls them by using force. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ The military regime in power was unpopular and repressive. ● re|pres|sive|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ …the country, which had been repressively ruled for ten years.
re|prieve /r I priː v/ (reprieves , reprieving , reprieved )
1 VERB [usu passive, no cont] If someone who has been sentenced in a court is reprieved , their punishment is officially delayed or cancelled. □ [be V -ed] Fourteen people on death row for murder have been reprieved. ● N‑VAR Reprieve is also a noun □ A man awaiting death by lethal injection has been saved by a last minute reprieve.
2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A reprieve is a delay before a very unpleasant or difficult situation which may or may not take place. □ It looked as though the college would have to shut, but this week it was given a reprieve.
rep|ri|mand /re pr I mɑːnd, -mæ nd/ (reprimands , reprimanding , reprimanded ) VERB If someone is reprimanded , they are spoken to angrily or seriously for doing something wrong, usually by a person in authority. [FORMAL ] □ [be V -ed + for ] He was reprimanded by a teacher for talking in the corridor. □ [V n] Her attempts to reprimand him were quickly shouted down. ● N‑VAR Reprimand is also a noun. □ He has been fined five thousand pounds and given a severe reprimand.
re|print (reprints , reprinting , reprinted ) The verb is pronounced /riː pr I nt/. The noun is pronounced /riː pr I nt/. 1 VERB [usu passive] If a book is reprinted , further copies of it are printed when all the other ones have been sold. □ [be V -ed] It remained an exceptionally rare book until it was reprinted in 1918.
2 N‑COUNT A reprint is a process in which new copies of a book or article are printed because all the other ones have been sold. □ Demand picked up and a reprint was required last November.
3 N‑COUNT A reprint is a new copy of a book or article, printed because all the other ones have been sold or because minor changes have been made to the original. □ [+ of ] …a reprint of a 1962 novel.
re|pris|al /r I pra I z ə l/ (reprisals ) N‑VAR If you do something to a person in reprisal , you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you. □ Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
re|prise /r I priː z/ (reprises , reprising , reprised ) N‑COUNT In music, if there is a reprise , an earlier section of music is repeated.
re|proach /r I proʊ tʃ/ (reproaches , reproaching , reproached )
1 VERB If you reproach someone, you say or show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. □ [V n] She is quick to reproach anyone who doesn't live up to her own high standards. □ [V n + for ] She had not even reproached him for breaking his promise.
2 N‑VAR If you look at or speak to someone with reproach , you show or say that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because they have done something wrong. □ He looked at her with reproach. □ Women in public life must be beyond reproach.
3 VERB If you reproach yourself , you think with regret about something you have done wrong. □ [V pron-refl] You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame. □ [V pron-refl + for ] We begin to reproach ourselves for not having been more careful.
re|proach|ful /r I proʊ tʃfʊl/ ADJ Reproachful expressions or remarks show that you are disappointed, upset, or angry because someone has done something wrong. □ She gave Isabelle a reproachful look. ● re|proach|ful|ly ADV [ADV after v] □ Luke's mother stopped smiling and looked reproachfully at him.
rep|ro|bate /re prəbe I t/ (reprobates ) N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a reprobate , you mean that they behave in a way that is not respectable or morally correct. [OLD-FASHIONED , DISAPPROVAL ] □ …a drunken reprobate.
re|pro|duce /riː prədjuː s, [AM ] -duː s/ (reproduces , reproducing , reproduced )
1 VERB If you try to reproduce something, you try to copy it. □ [V n] I shall not try to reproduce the policemen's English. □ [V n] The effect has proved hard to reproduce.