Hit Parade 3

curtail

to reduce in extent or quantity

degrade

to treat or regard someone with contempt or disrespect

denounce

to publicly declare to be wrong or evil

impede

to delay or prevent someone or something by obstructing; to hinder

impose

to force a rule or punishment to be accepted or obeyed

mandate

to order something be done or someone behave in a certain way

obstruct

to block or deliberately make something difficult

p[[ressove

unjustly inflicting hardship and constraints weighing heavily on the mind or spirits

preclude

to make impossible

repression

the restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc