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

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

Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.

Negative :: Negative (n.) A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

Forbiddance :: Forbiddance (n.) The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

Shield :: Shield (n.) To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!.

Shaddock :: Shaddock (n.) A tree (Citrus decumana) and its fruit, which is a large species of orange; -- called also forbidden fruit, and pompelmous..

Forbade :: Forbade () imp. of Forbid.

Forbid :: Forbid (v. t.) To command against, or contrary to; to prohibit; to interdict..

Indulge :: Indulge (v. i.) To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; -- followed by in, but formerly, also, by to..

Suffer :: Suffer (v. t.) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.

Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.

Countermand :: Countermand (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Black-browed :: Black-browed (a.) Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding.

Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden..

Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid.

Gainsay :: Gainsay (v. t.) To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

Taboo :: Taboo (v. t.) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals..

Obscene :: Obscene (a/) Offensive to chastity or modesty; expressing of presenting to the mind or view something which delicacy, purity, and decency forbid to be exposed; impure; as, obscene language; obscene pictures..

Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..

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