Inhibition vs Abstinence - What's the difference?
inhibition | abstinence |
the act of inhibiting.
(psychology) a personal feeling of fear or embarrassment that stops one behaving naturally.
(chemistry) the process of stopping or retarding a chemical reaction.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
# Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
# Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
# (ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
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As nouns the difference between inhibition and abstinence
is that inhibition is the act of inhibiting while abstinence is the act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite .inhibition
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(wikipedia inhibition)Noun
(en noun)See also
* inhibit ----abstinence
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(wikipedia abstinence)Alternative forms
* abstinencyNoun
(-)- Penance, fasts, and abstinence , / To punish bodies for the soul's offense. -
- The abstinence from a present pleasure that offers itself is a pain, nay, oftentimes, a very great one. —
- Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. —
