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inhibitions definition and meaning

n. The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo.
n. A stopping or checking of an already present action; a restraining of the function of an organ, or an agent, as a digestive fluid or ferment, etc.; as, the inhibition of the respiratory center by the pneumogastric nerve; the inhibition of reflexes, etc.
n. A writ from a higher court forbidding an inferior judge from further proceedings in a cause before; esp., a writ issuing from a higher ecclesiastical court to an inferior one, on appeal.

Crossword clues for inhibitions

- Inner impediment
- mental restraint
- Reticence
- Hang-ups
- In bios I hint about hang-ups
- Mental restraints
- Reservations