# inhibition

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪnhɪˈbɪʃən/ · frequency rank #17,388

## Definitions
1. The act of inhibiting.
2. A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
3. The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
4. A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
5. A recusal.

## Etymology
From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.
Morphologically inhibit + -ion.

## Easily confused with
- **inhibitor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inhibition-vs-inhibitor)

## Common misspellings (15)
`ihnibition`, `inhbiition`, `inhhibition`, `inhibbition`, `inhibiiton`, `inhibision`, `inhibitino`, `inhibitionn`, `inhibitoin`, `inhibittion`, `inhibtiion`, `inhiibtion`, `inihbition`, `innhibition`, `nihibition`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inhibition