Synonyms: prohibition, forbiddance, inhibition
Definition: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Usage: they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter; a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages; he ignored his parents' forbiddance
Similar words: action
Definition: something done (usually as opposed to something said)
Usage: there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions
Synonyms: suppression, inhibition
Definition: (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
Similar words: abstinence
Definition: act or practice of refraining from indulging an appetite
Synonyms: inhibition
Definition: the quality of being inhibited
Similar words: control, restraint
Definition: discipline in personal and social activities
Usage: he was a model of polite restraint; she never lost control of herself
Synonyms: inhibition
Definition: (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part
Usage: the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve
Similar words: organic process, biological process
Definition: a process occurring in living organisms