INHIBITING
- INHIBIT, to restrain or hold back [v]
- Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process)
- Prevent or prohibit (someone) from doing something
- Voluntarily or involuntarily restrain the direct expression of (an instinctive impulse)
- (chiefly of a drug or other substance) Slow down or prevent (a process, reaction, or function) or reduce the activity of (an enzyme or other agent)
- Make (someone) self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way
- (in ecclesiastical law) Forbid (a member of the clergy) to exercise clerical functions