inhibition

noun

1. 1

   the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

   they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter

   a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages

2. 2

   (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

3. 3

   the quality of being inhibited

4. 4

   (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part

   the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve