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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | a thou-shalt-not, boycott, censorship, don't, embargo, injunction, interdiction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo |
| Antonyms: | allowance, permission |
| Main Entry: | forbiddance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal |
| Synonyms: | ban, banning, disallowance, embargo, forbidding, interdict, interdiction, off limits, outlawing, prohibition, proscribing, proscription, restriction |
| Main Entry: | interdiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | a thou-shalt-not, ban, boycott, censorship, disallowance, don't, embargo, inhibition, injunction, limitation, no-no, off limits, out of bounds, prohibition, proscription, refusal, restriction, stoppage, suppression, taboo* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | proscription |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, prohibition, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo*, temperance, veto |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | prohibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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contraband, exclusive, forbidding, illegal, not permitted, not to be thought of, prohibited, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, restrictive, unauthorized, under the ban of, unlicensed, vetitive
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| Concept: | Prohibition. |
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-nouns
prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law [U.S.]; blue law.
-verbs
prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow; bar; debar (hinder), forefend., keep in, keep within bounds; restrain; cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict; interdict, taboo; put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction; put under the ban, place under the ban; proscribe; exclude, shut out; shut the door, bolt the door, show the door; warn off; dash the cup from one's lips; forbid the banns.
-adjectives
prohibitive, prohibitory; proscriptive; restrictive, exclusive; forbidding, prohibited; not permitted; unlicensed, contraband, under the ban of; illegal; unauthorized, not to be thought of.
-adverbs
-phrases
that will never do.
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| Antonyms: | permission |
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