Repressed (4-2)
'repressed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for kept in that I've seen before include "punished a schoolchild" , "Restrained" .)
'repressed' is the definition.
(I know that repressed can be written as pent-up)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pent-up that I've seen before include "Confined like dam water or suppressed anger" , "Repressed, emotions say" , "Closely confined" , "Held back, confined" , "Russian city" .)