Inhibition

noun

Word Frequency: 11.7

Definitions

1.nounThe act of inhibiting.

2.nounA personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.

3.nounThe process of stopping or retarding a reaction.

4.nounA writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.

5.nounA recusal.

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