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inhibition

noun

Meaning

  1. The act of inhibiting.
  2. A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
  3. The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
  4. A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
  5. A recusal.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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