repressed memory meaning

[Medicine]
The active mental process of keeping out and ejecting,banishing from consciousness,ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it.

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1. oh, so well repressed memories
2. oh, some more repressed memories
3. It turns out that Tom has repressed memories of sexual abuse.
4. There will undoubtedly be experts called to testify on repressed memory.
5. But proving repressed memory is a high hurdle for any plaintiff.