inhibition
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- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
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- 10
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Definition of inhibition
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of inhibiting.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The act of inhibiting.
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(countable, uncountable)A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
“Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.”
- (countable, uncountable)The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
- (countable, uncountable)A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
- (Philippines, countable, uncountable)A recusal.
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Etymology
From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio. Morphologically inhibit + -ion.
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