1. The action of prohibiting, inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
   "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages";
   - prohibition, forbiddance
    
2. (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
   "His inhibition prevented him from expressing his true feelings";
   - suppression
    
3. (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"
    
4. The quality of being inhibited
   "His social inhibition made it difficult for him to make new friends"

Derived forms: inhibitions

Type of: abstinence, action, biological process, control, organic process, restraint

Encyclopedia: Inhibition