inhibition

/ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/

noun 5

Collocations

VERB + INHIBITION

have (no) | show (no)

get rid of, lose, overcome

After a few drinks at the party, he finally overcame his inhibitions and started dancing.

PREP

without ~

My nephew danced at the wedding without inhibition, spinning and jumping freely across the floor.

~ about

She felt no inhibition about asking questions during the meeting.

~ against

Many people have a strong inhibition against speaking up in front of large crowds.

noun

The act of inhibiting.

A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.

Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.

The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.

A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.

A recusal.

noun — the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an

noun — (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thought

Often the guests, affected by the wine drinking, released all inhibitions and made erotic overtures, particularly to the slave cup-bearers.

Wiktionary

Tom lies without any inhibition.

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She's prepared to argue without inhibition.

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Tom was beside himself with rage, failing to find a single example sentence on Tatoeba containing the expression "complete inhibition".

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Tom is truly free from inhibition.

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