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1
the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others
- an innate inhibition made it difficult for him to tell his girlfriend what he was really feeling
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2
something that makes movement or progress difficult
- without the inhibition of their jackets, the boys were able to wrestle more vigorously
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- balk,
- bar,
- block,
- chain,
- clog,
- cramp,
- crimp,
- deterrent,
- drag,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- fetter,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- shackles,
- stop,
- stumbling block,
- trammel
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The first known use of inhibition was in the 14th century
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