Embargo synonyms

ĕm-bär'gō

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restriction
The definition of a restriction is a limitation.
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prohibition
A rule or law that forbids something.
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ban
A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.
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refusal (related)
The right or chance to accept or refuse something before it is offered to another; option
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restraint (related)
Control or repression of feelings; constraint.
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barrier
(Geology) An ice barrier.
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impediment
(--- R.C.Ch.) Anything making marriage or ordination invalid or illicit
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blockade
The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
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blockage
An obstruction.
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allowance (antonym)
Allowance is a consideration of unusual circumstances.
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sanction (related)
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embargos (related)
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edict
An official public proclamation or order issued by authority; decree
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order
The prescribed form or customary procedure, as in a meeting or court of law:
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stoppage
An obstructed condition; blockage
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trade stoppage
a government order imposing a trade barrier
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moratorium (related)
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trade embargo
a government order imposing a trade barrier
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Embargo Sentence Examples

  • Within five hours the Senate had passed the Embargo Bill and sent it to the House.

  • New York, whose growing shipping interests had suffered by the Embargo of 1807, was as a commercial state opposed to the war.

  • It is possible to regard the embargo policy dispassionately as an interesting illustration of Jefferson's love of peace.

  • It was a notorious place for smuggling under the Embargo Acts of 1807 and 1808.

  • When news of the embargo of the port at Boston arrived at New Haven, a Committee of Correspondence was at once formed; and in the War of Independence the people enthusiastically supported the American cause.

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