Another word for disallowance

A refusal to allow

• ban

  1. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  2. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  3. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.

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  1. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  2. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  3. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.

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• forbiddance

  1. An official prohibition or edict against something.
  2. The act of forbidding; prohibition

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  1. An official prohibition or edict against something.
  2. The act of forbidding; prohibition

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• inhibition

  1. The act of inhibiting or the state of being inhibited.
  2. Anything that inhibits, esp., a mental or psychological process that restrains or suppresses an action, emotion, or thought
  3. (--- Biology) The condition in which or the process by which an enzyme, for example, is inhibited.

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  1. The act of inhibiting or the state of being inhibited.
  2. Anything that inhibits, esp., a mental or psychological process that restrains or suppresses an action, emotion, or thought
  3. (--- Biology) The condition in which or the process by which an enzyme, for example, is inhibited.

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• interdiction

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• prohibition

  1. An order or law that forbids
  2. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  3. (Proper) In the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition by federal law

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  1. An order or law that forbids
  2. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  3. (Proper) In the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition by federal law

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• proscription

  1. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
  2. The act of proscribing; prohibition.
  3. Prohibition or interdiction

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  1. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.
  2. The act of proscribing; prohibition.
  3. Prohibition or interdiction

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• taboo

  1. A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
  2. Among some Polynesian peoples, a sacred prohibition put upon certain people, things, or acts which makes them untouchable, unmentionable, etc.
  3. An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition.

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  1. A ban or inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
  2. Among some Polynesian peoples, a sacred prohibition put upon certain people, things, or acts which makes them untouchable, unmentionable, etc.
  3. An object, word, or act protected by such a prohibition.

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A turning down of a request

• denial

  1. A refusal to believe or accept (a doctrine, etc.)
  2. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
  3. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.

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  1. A refusal to believe or accept (a doctrine, etc.)
  2. A refusal to grant the truth of a statement or allegation; a contradiction.
  3. A refusal to comply with or satisfy a request.

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• refusal

  1. (Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
  2. The right or chance to accept or refuse something before it is offered to another; option
  3. The act or an instance of refusing.

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  1. (Civil engineering) Depth or point at which well or borehole drilling cannot continue.
  2. The right or chance to accept or refuse something before it is offered to another; option
  3. The act or an instance of refusing.

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• rejection

  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. The act of rejecting.

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  1. (Sports) a blocked shot
  2. The state of being rejected.
  3. The act of rejecting.

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• turndown

  1. One who has been turned down or rejected.
  2. (Hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates etc. on the pillow.
  3. A rejection; rebuff

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  1. One who has been turned down or rejected.
  2. (Hotels) The service of turning down the bedcovers and often leaving chocolates etc. on the pillow.
  3. A rejection; rebuff

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