inhibition

Noun

• 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
    

• (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
    

• the quality of being inhibited

• (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  prohibition , forbiddance , suppression