Goddess is repeatedly put down (4)
I believe the answer is:
isis
'goddess' is the definition.
(Egyptian god)
'repeatedly put down' is the wordplay.
'repeatedly' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'put down' becomes 'is' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'is' doubled is 'ISIS'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for isis that I've seen before include "Egypt. goddess" , "The goddess lives twice" , "Revered figure" , "Oxford's second eight" , "Oxford river; goddess" .)