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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ban, forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | bar, constraint, disallowance, don't, embargo, exclusion, injunction, interdict, interdiction, negation, no-no, obstruction, off limits, out of bounds, prevention, proscription, refusal, repudiation, restriction, taboo, temperance, veto |
| Antonyms: | allowance, clearance, permission |
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| Concept: | Prohibition. |
| Synonyms: |
-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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| Main Entry: | ban |
| 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: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
| Synonyms: | act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | denial |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal, refusal of belief in |
| Synonyms: | abstaining, adjuration, brush-off, cold shoulder, contradiction, controversion, declination, disallowance, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, dismissing, disproof, dissent, forswearing, gainsaying, nay, negation, negative, nix, no way, nonacceptance, noncommittal, prohibition, protestation, rebuff, rebuttal, refraining, refusing, refutal, refutation, rejecting, rejection, renegement, renouncement, renunciation, repudiating, repudiation, repulse, retraction, statement abnegation, turndown, veto |
| Antonyms: | affirmation, agreement, approval, avowal, claim, corroboration, vouching |
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |
| Main Entry: | forbidden fruit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | immoral indulgence |
| Synonyms: | desired object, forbidden indulgence, golden apple, illegal indulgence, illegal pleasure, illicit love, immoral pleasure, no-no, prohibited article, prohibition, taboo |
| Main Entry: | impediment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstruction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22, bar, barricade, barrier, block, blockage, bottleneck, burden, catch*, chain, check, clog, cramp, curb, dead weight, defect, delay, deterrent, detriment, difficulty, disadvantage, drag*, drawback, encumbrance, fault, flaw, handicap, hazard, hitch, holdup, hurdle, inhibition, load, manacle, millstone, obstacle, prohibition, red tape, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, road block, rub*, setback, shackle, snag, stoppage, stricture, stumbling block, tie, trammel, wall |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, facilitation, furtherance, help, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhibition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restriction, hindrance |
| Synonyms: | bar, barrier, blockage, check, embargo, hangup, interdict, interference, obstacle, prevention, prohibition, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-consciousness, shyness, sublimation, suppression |
| Antonyms: | aid, approval, assistance, freedom, help, liberation |
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