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Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Taboo :: Taboo (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction..

Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.

Embargo :: Embargo (n.) An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition to sail.

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.

Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.

Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..

Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.

Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.

Ban :: Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription..

Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.

Proscript :: Proscript (n.) A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibition of the pope, by which the clergy or laymen are restrained from performing, or from attending, divine service, or from administering the offices or enjoying the privileges of the church..

Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..

Exclusion :: Exclusion (n.) The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring; rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded..

Defence :: Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.

Indicavit :: Indicavit (n.) A writ of prohibition against proceeding in the spiritual court in certain cases, when the suit belongs to the common-law courts..

Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.

Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..

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