inhibition.

1. A restraint that limits action or expression.

2. The slowing or prevention of a biological, chemical, or other process.

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Words that belong together

• social inhibition

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Social inhibition kept her silent.

He overcame his inhibition long enough to ask.

Usage notes

Primary category: fear. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.