All inhibition synonyms

noun inhibition

• restriction — something that restricts; a restrictive condition or regulation; limitation.
• shyness — bashful; retiring.
• reticence — the state of being reticent, or reserved, especially with regard to speaking freely; restraint: His natural reticence seemed to disappear under the influence of alcohol.
• self-conscious — excessively aware of being observed by others.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
• blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• interference — an act, fact, or instance of interfering.
• prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
• obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
• suppression — the act of suppressing.
• interdict — Civil Law. any prohibitory act or decree of a court or an administrative officer.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
• reserve — to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
• sublimation — Psychology. the diversion of the energy of a sexual or other biological impulse from its immediate goal to one of a more acceptable social, moral, or aesthetic nature or use.
• hang-up — a preoccupation, fixation, or psychological block; complex: His hang-up is trying to outdo his brother.
• embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• embargo — Impose an official ban on (trade or a country or commodity).
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.