inhibit (v.)
- arrest
- avert
- ban
- bar
- bit
- bridle
- cage
- check
- cloister
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cool
- coop
- countercheck
- crib
- curb
- curtail
- damp
- dampen
- debar
- decelerate
- delay
- deny
- detain
- disallow
- discourage
- embargo
- enclose
- enjoin
- exclude
- forbid
- frustrate
- govern
- guard
- hinder
- hold
- immure
- impede
- impound
- intercept
- interdict
- interfere
- interrupt
- intervene
- keep
- maintain
- meddle
- mew
- obstruct
- oppose
- outlaw
- pen
- pound
- preclude
- preserve
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- pull
- refuse
- rein
- reject
- repress
- resist
- restrain
- restrict
- retain
- retard
- retrench
- save
- scotch
- shackle
- slacken
- smother
- snub
- stifle
- stop
- straiten
- sublimate
- suppress
- taboo
- ward
- withhold