inhibition

From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.

Morphologically inhibit +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/, /ɪnɪˈbɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

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

• inhibit

inhibition

1. genitive singular of inhibitio

From Latin inhibitiō.

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inhibition f (plural inhibitions)

1. inhibition

• inhiber

• “inhibition”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.