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restraint
(Uncountable) control or caution; reserve
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  1. (Uncountable) control or caution; reserve
  2. A restraining influence or action
  3. Control of the expression of one's feelings; constraint:
hindrance
The condition of being hindered.
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  1. The condition of being hindered.
  2. The act of hindering:
  3. The state or act of hindering something
repression
Something repressed in this way
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  1. Something repressed in this way
  2. A repressing or being repressed
  3. The involuntary rejection from consciousness of painful or disagreeable ideas, memories, feelings, or impulses.
hang-up
An obstacle to smooth progress or development.
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  1. An obstacle to smooth progress or development.
  2. (Slang) A problem or difficulty, esp. one of a personal or emotional nature that a person seems unable to deal with
  3. A psychological or emotional difficulty or inhibition.
ban
Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
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  1. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  2. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  3. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.
disallowance
The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
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  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.
forbiddance
An official prohibition or edict against something.
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  1. An official prohibition or edict against something.
  2. The act of forbidding; prohibition
prohibition
A statute or order forbidding a particular action.
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  1. A statute or order forbidding a particular action.
  2. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  3. (Proper) In the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition by federal law
proscription
The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
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  1. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
  2. The act of proscribing; prohibition.
  3. Prohibition or interdiction
taboo
A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
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  1. A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
  2. Among some Polynesian peoples, a sacred prohibition put upon certain people, things, or acts which makes them untouchable, unmentionable, etc.
  3. An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition.
check
A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
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  1. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque. A draft signed by a person (the drawer or maker) that directs a bank (the drawee) to pay, on demand and without conditions, a specific sum of money to another person (the payee). Usually the funds are withdrawn from an account or a deposit that the drawer or maker has with the bank. Also called cheque.
circumscription
A limitation or restriction
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  1. A limitation or restriction
  2. An inscription, as around a coin or medal
  3. A circumscribed space or area
constraint
(Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
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  1. (Mathematics) A condition that a solution to an optimization problem must satisfy.
  2. One that restricts, limits, or regulates; a check:
  3. The threat or use of force to prevent, restrict, or dictate the action or thought of others.
cramp
A metal bar bent to form a right angle at each end, for holding together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.
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  1. A metal bar bent to form a right angle at each end, for holding together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.
  2. Spasmodic contractions of the uterus, such as those occurring during menstruation or labor, usually causing pain in the abdomen that may radiate to the lower back and thighs.
  3. Partial local paralysis, as from excessive use of muscles
curb
A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
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  1. A raised margin along an edge used to confine or strengthen.
  2. A market dealing in stocks and bonds not listed on the stock exchange
  3. A type of bit having such a chain or strap
limit
Legal limit
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  1. Legal limit
  2. Something that restricts or restrains; a restraint:
  3. The point, edge, or line beyond which something ends, may not go, or is not allowed:
limitation
(Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
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  1. (Law) A period of time, fixed by statute, during which legal action can be brought, as for settling a claim
  2. A shortcoming or defect:
  3. Something that limits, as some factor in makeup which restricts the scope of a person's activity or accomplishment; qualification
restraint
Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something. Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something.
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  1. Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something. Limitation or confinement as in constraint on free assembly; forbearance; a holding back or prohibiting from doing something.
  2. (Uncountable) control or caution; reserve
  3. (Countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
restriction
A restricting or being restricted
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  1. A restricting or being restricted
  2. The action of restricting or the state of being restricted:
  3. Something that restricts; a regulation or limitation:
stricture
A limiting or restricting condition; restriction
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  1. A limiting or restricting condition; restriction
  2. (Med.) An abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body; stenosis
  3. A restraint, limit, or restriction:
trammel
A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.
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  1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.
  2. Something that restricts activity, expression, or progress; a restraint.
  3. An arrangement of links and a hook in a fireplace for raising and lowering a kettle.
Find another word for inhibition. In this page you can discover 28 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for inhibition, like: restraint, hindrance, repression, hang-up, impediment, interference, reserve, restraint, ban, disallowance and forbiddance.

Sentence Examples

  • In the statics two magnitudes have to be determined: (I) the amount of the suppression or inhibition (Hemmungssumme), and (2) the ratio in which this is shared among the opposing presentations.

  • More important is the law according to which a presentation freed from inhibition and rising anew into consciousness tends to raise the other presentations with which it is combined.

  • Neale was strongly high-church in his sympathies, and had to endure a good deal of opposition, including a fourteen years' inhibition by his bishop. In 1855 he founded a nursing sisterhood named St Margaret's.

  • When its remainder after inhibition=O, a presentation is said to be on the threshold of consciousness, for on a small diminution of the inhibition the "effort" will become actual presentation in the same proportion.

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