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Another word for prohibition

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Noun

  1. A refusal to allow

    See also:

    allow

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Another word for prohibition

Noun

  1. The act of prohibiting

    See also:

    refusal

  2. Restrictions placed upon the handling or consumption of liquor; often capital

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Sentence Examples

  • He re-enacted the prohibition of appeal.

  • one day to come to an end; the prohibition of marriage follows naturally on this view.

  • It aimed at the prohibition of discrimination between persons, places and commodities.

  • The removal in 1884 of the prohibition against the erection of trunk lines at once enabled considerable expansion to take place.

  • On the 26th of May 1908 the people of the state voted " against the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors " in the state; the prohibition act thus approved went into effect on the 1st of January 1909.

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