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..
Ban :: Ban (n.) An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription..
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..
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..
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.
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..
Allowableness :: Allowableness (n.) The quality of being allowable; permissibleness; lawfulness; exemption from prohibition or impropriety.
Inhibition :: Inhibition (n.) The act of inhibiting, or the state of being inhibited; restraint; prohibition; embargo..
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
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..
Interdict :: Interdict (n.) A prohibitory order or decree; a prohibition.
Forbid :: Forbid (v. i.) To utter a prohibition; to prevent; to hinder.
Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..
Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
Prohibition :: Prohibition (n.) Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages..
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..
Not :: Not (adv.) A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal..
Interdiction :: Interdiction (n.) The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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