- prohibition
- I(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)Act of forbiddingNouns — prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance, disallowance, restriction (see restraint); veto, injunction, interdict[ion], proscription; preclusion, exclusion; embargo, ban, taboo, gag order, no-no, forbidden fruit; prevention, stoppage, hindrance; intemperance act, Volstead Act, Eighteenth Amendment, dry law. See illegality, moderation.Verbs1. prohibit, inhibit, forbid, disallow; veto, kill, ban, interdict; put or place under an interdiction or ban; taboo, proscribe, enjoin, deny, [de]bar, forfend; preclude, prevent, hinder; set or put one's foot down, have none of. Slang, spike.2. exclude, shut out, padlock, keep out; draw the color line, discriminate; shut or bolt the door; warn off; forbid the banns; disbar, unfrock.Adjectives1. prohibitive, prohibitory, prohibiting, forbidding, etc.2. prohibited, forbidden, verboten, not permitted; unauthorized, unlicensed, illegal; banned, contraband, taboo; out of bounds, off limits.Interjections — heaven forbid! hands off! keep off! keep out! hold! stop! avast! no thoroughfare! no trespassing!Quotations — There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable (Mark Twain), Of course heaven forbids certain pleasures, but one finds means of compromise (Molière), I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts (Herman Melville).II(Roget's IV) n.1. [The act of prohibiting]Syn. forbiddance, interdiction, prescription, ban, repudiation; see also refusal .2. [Restrictions placed upon the handling or consumption of liquor; often capital ]Syn. Volstead Act, temperance, Eighteenth Amendment, Prohibition Amendment; the Noble Experiment*, the Lost Cause*, the Eighteenth Amusement*.III(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.ban, interdiction, proscription, nix, embargo, restriction, outlawing, disallowance, blockage, taboo.ANT.: permission, allowance, authorizationIV(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A refusal to allow: ban, disallowance, forbid-dance, inhibition, interdiction, proscription, taboo. See ALLOW.
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