prohibition
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4.4
- noun
- /ˌproʊhɪˈbɪʃən/
- Formal
:
prohibición
- In 2011, the United Kingdom instituted a bright-line prohibition on termination fees.
- a legal prohibition
- restrictions and prohibitions
- enforce prohibitions
What people who want to shut the borders want is prohibition, this time for people.
- What people who want to shut the borders want is prohibition, this time for people.
- In fact, we don't really associate Christianity with the prohibition against vengeance.
- You know, the prohibition against lying, misrepresenting things.
- And she's like, she's the, the prohibition on sex was like driving her crazy.
- The Labed case led to questions about the scope of stock market manipulation prohibitions.
- And he mentioned the fact that there could be prohibitions on dangerous and unusual weapons.
- And it was a categorical prohibition.
- And because of that Scripture, Jehovah's Witnesses say, ha, this means that this prohibition on blood was also incumbent on Christians.
- And then we have various other problems that they're warned that that they will die if they violate the prohibition.
- That's one of the prohibitions that that comes out of that.
- So I would say the first point is that prohibition is unjust.
- But you know, it's, it's, you got to think of it like prohibition.
- So you had to have state by state adopt laws saying we, we want to get rid of that prohibition.
Examples
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Contrary to federal legislation, local laws imply prohibitions on the activities of those organizations that are not registered.
Academic text (1999) -
In fact, we don't really associate Christianity with the prohibition against vengeance.
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When are we going to admit that drug prohibition is not working in this country?
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What people who want to shut the borders want is prohibition, this time for people.
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Here, too, such a prohibition serves its intended goals by preventing the production of scientific knowledge.
Academic text (2017) -
So I would say the first point is that prohibition is unjust.
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"There was considerable confusion about the scope of the prohibition, even among members of the Commission."
Academic text (1991) -
The Court's prohibition on advisory opinions is almost as old as the Court itself.
Academic text (2017) -
Your prohibition from the northern territories is upheld.
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The new law imposed a strict prohibition on smoking in public places.
Synonyms
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6.1
An official rule that prevents someone from doing something
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1.2
An official rule that stops people from doing something
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4.8
A system that removes parts of books, films or news that people find harmful
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6.1
Stopping people from expressing opinions or practising traditions by force
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8.9
An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something
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3.9
Making something not allowed by law or officials
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7.7
The act of making something illegal by law
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5.8
A rule or law that stops something from happening
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8.8
An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law
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8.1
An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things
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7.2
An official decision not to accept a claim, for example a tax expense
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6.7
Making something illegal by law or government decision
An official order not to do something
The state of something not being allowed by rules or law
Antonyms
Compounds
An international group that helps countries destroy chemical weapons and checks they do not make or use them
- Formal
An order from a higher court that stops a lower court from hearing a case outside its power
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prohibition comes from Latin parts pro- 'away' and habere 'to hold', so it originally meant 'to hold away'. That's why a prohibition is an official rule or law that stops or bans something.