Control and Repress

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Control verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Usage example: you must learn to control your temper

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Repress is a synonym for control in restrain topic. In some cases you can use "Repress" instead a verb "Control", when it comes to topics like curb.

Repress verb - To refrain from openly showing or uttering.

Usage example: you can't repress your feelings forever, so tell her how you feel about her

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Control is a synonym for repress in restrain topic. You can use "Control" instead a verb "Repress", if it concerns topics such as hold in.

mind	control mind	repress mind
energy	control energy	repress energy
anger	control anger	repress anger
people	control people	repress people
Other words: group, way, population, side, anyone, emotions, urges.

There, Dan learns to control his anger and Chris learns not to repress anger.

Source: Tame His Anger
Inverted by the Makuta's assimilations: these only merged the bodies but not the minds, so in order to retain the control over their fused bodies, Makuta had to repress end destroy the minds of those they consumed — as Teridax put it, they made quite literally disagreeable meals.

Source: Mental Fusion

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