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Inhibiting
- verb - control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
- limit the range or extent of; "Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
- limit, block, or decrease the action or function of; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"
- to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
Inhibition
- noun - (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"
- (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
- 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"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
- the quality of being inhibited
Inhibitive
- unknown - adjective from inhibit: hold back, restrain, prohibit
Inhibitors
- noun - a substance that retards or stops an activity
Inhibitory
- adjective - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Iniquities
- noun - absence of moral or spiritual values; "the powers of darkness"
- an unjust act
- morally objectionable behavior
Iniquitous
- adjective - characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin; "iniquitous deeds"; "he said it was sinful to wear lipstick"; "ungodly acts"
Injudicial
- - Not according to the forms of law; not judicial.
Inlapidate
- - To convert into a stony substance; to petrify.
Innominate
- - Having no name; unnamed; as, an innominate person or place.