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English to English noun
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(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires |  | source: wordnet30
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the quality of being inhibited | | source: wordnet30
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(physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part | | Example: the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve
source: wordnet30
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the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | | Example: they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
he ignored his parents' forbiddance
source: wordnet30
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The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo. | | source: webster1913
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