INHIBITION

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : forbiddance , prohibition

• (noun) (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

  synonyms : suppression

• (noun) the quality of being inhibited

• (noun) (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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