different between avoidance vs inhibition

English

Alternative forms

• avoidaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avoidaunce, probably from Anglo-Norman. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v??d?ns/

Noun

avoidance (usually uncountable, plural avoidances)

1. The act of annulling; annulment.
2. The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
3. A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
4. The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.

   • At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.

5. Any thing that is to be avoided
6. The courts by which anything is carried off.

Coordinate terms

• minced oath

Translations

Anagrams

• vadocaine

English

Etymology

From Middle English inhibicioun, inhibicione from Old French inibicion, from Latin inhibitio.

Noun

inhibition (countable and uncountable, plural inhibitions)

1. The act of inhibiting.
2. (psychology) A personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
3. (chemistry, biochemistry) The process of stopping or retarding a reaction.
4. (law) A writ from a higher court to an inferior judge to stay proceedings.
5. (Philippines, law) A recusal.

Translations

See also

• inhibit

Finnish

Noun

inhibition

1. Genitive singular form of inhibitio.

French

Etymology

From Latin inhibiti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

inhibition f (plural inhibitions)

1. inhibition

Related terms

• inhiber

Further reading

• “inhibition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).