inhibiting
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Inhibit \In*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.] [1913 Webster]
1.To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. [1913 Webster]
Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them.— Bentley.[1913 Webster]
2.To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. [1913 Webster]
All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament.— Clarendon.[1913 Webster]
Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one.— Ayliffe.[1913 Webster]
3.(Chem., Biochem.) To cause the rate of (a chemical or biochemical reaction) to proceed slower, or to halt; as, vitamin C inhibits oxidation; penicillins inhibit bacterial cell wall synthesis. [PJC]
4.To restrain (a behavior) by a mechanism involving conscious or unconscious motivations. [PJC]
inhibiting \inhibiting\ adj. discouraging (a person) from action by threat of punishment; as, an overly strict or inhibiting discipline.
Syn: inhibitory, repressive, repressing. [WordNet 1.5]