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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Restraint :: Restraint (n.) That which restrains, as a law, a prohibition, or the like; limitation; restriction..
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.
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..
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.
Not :: Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal..
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
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..
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..
Ban :: Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription..
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..
Prohibitionist :: Prohibitionist (n.) One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Defence :: Defence (n.) Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance.
Embar :: Embar (v. t.) To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up.
Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
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