Definition of prohibition

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Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
Tolerate :: Tolerate (v. t.) To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices..
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
Proscript :: Proscript (n.) A proscription; a prohibition; an interdict.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
Annex :: Annex (v. t.) To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt..
Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
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..
Prohibitory :: Prohibitory (a.) Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
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.
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; 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..
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..
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
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