inhibition
Nouns
- (n) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires suppression,
- (n) the quality of being inhibited
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(n) (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
- the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve
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(n) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
- they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
- a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
- he ignored his parents' forbiddance