Related / Similar Words:
inhibition, forbiddance, ban, proscription, prohibition era Definition: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents'' forbiddance";a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US";a decree that prohibits something;refusal to approve or assent to;the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment; Hyponyms: banning-order, injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order, interdict, interdiction, ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding Derivational Morphology:
forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb, ban, censor
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