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inhibitions

inhibitions is the plural of inhibition.

Meaning of inhibition

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

  1. The act of inhibiting.
  2. A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
    • Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 230
  3. The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
  4. A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
  5. (Philippines) A recusal.

Phrases with inhibitions

Questions about inhibitions

What is inhibitions the plural of?
Inhibitions is the plural of inhibition.

Words near inhibitions in the dictionary

  1. inhibiting hormone
  2. inhibiting hormones
  3. inhibitingly
  4. inhibition
  5. inhibitionless
  6. inhibitions
  7. inhibitive
  8. inhibitively
  9. inhibitor
  10. inhibitorily
  11. inhibitors

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