1. запрещение, запрет 2. юр. распоряжение вышестоящего суда нижестоящему о приостановлении производства дела до рассмотрения поданной по делу апелляции 3. лишение права отправления церковной службы 4. сдерживание, подавление (чувств) 5. физиол. торможение, задержка; подавление inhibition of reflexes —- торможение рефлексов wine weakens a person's inhibitions —- вино ослабляет деятельность центров самоконтроля человека 6. хим. торможение, ингибирование ...
n. 1 Psychol. a restraint on the direct expression of an instinct. 2 colloq. an emotional resistance to a thought, an action, etc. (has inhibitions about singing in public). 3 Law an order forbidding alteration to property rights. 4 a the act of inhibiting. b the process of being inhibited. Etymology: ME f. OF inhibition or L inhibitio (as INHIBIT) ...
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noun Date: 14th century 1. a. the act of inhibiting ; the state of being inhibited b. something that forbids, debars, or restricts 2. an inner impediment to free activity, expression, or functioning: as a. a mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process (as a desire) b. a restraining of the function of a bodily organ or an agent (as an enzyme) ...
(inhibitions) Inhibitions are feelings of fear or embarrassment that make it difficult for you to behave naturally. The whole point about dancing is to stop thinking and lose all your inhibitions... N-VAR ...
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~ n a feeling of worry or embarrassment that stops you doing or saying what you really want to (lose your inhibitions (=stop feeling worried etc)) (That night she finally lost her inhibitions and told him how she felt.) ...
- mid-14c., from O.Fr. inibicion, from L. inhibitionem (nom. inhibitio), from stem of inhibere "hold in, restrain, hinder," from in- "in, on" + habere "to hold" (see habit). ...