Inhibition: alternatives and connections

The act or practice of abstaining; voluntary forbearance of any action, especially the refraining from an indulgence of appetite, or from customary g…

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A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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The act or process of restraining, or of holding back or hindering from motion or action, in any manner; hindrance of the will, or of any action, phy…

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A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and…

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See Taboo.

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

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The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of trut…

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