Definition of prohibition

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

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Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
Not :: Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal..
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..
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
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..
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.
Defence :: Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..
Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..
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..
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
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..
Prohibitory :: Prohibitory (a.) Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price..
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..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
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.
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
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