Curb
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To check, restrain or control. To rein in. To furnish with a curb. To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp. To damage vehicle wheels or tires by running into or over a pavement curb.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A row of concrete along the edge of a road. A raised margin along the edge of something, as a strengthening. Something that checks or restrains. A riding or driving bit for a horse that has rein action which amplifies the pressure in the mouth by leverage advantage placing pressure on the poll via the crown piece of the bridle and chin groove via a curb chain.
Example sentence: All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.
Suppress
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
Example sentence: When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.