A refusal to allow

• ban

  1. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.
  3. An official order forbidding something; prohibition

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  1. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.
  3. An official order forbidding something; prohibition

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• disallowance

  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.

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  1. The action of not allowing, or of withdrawing allowance.

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• forbiddance

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

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

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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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• proscription

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

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

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• taboo

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

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

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The act of prohibiting

• forbiddance

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

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

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• interdiction

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• prescription

  1. A prescribed medicine or other treatment:
  2. A doctor's written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of lenses for eyeglasses, etc.
  3. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

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  1. A prescribed medicine or other treatment:
  2. A doctor's written direction for the preparation and use of medicine, the grinding of lenses for eyeglasses, etc.
  3. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.

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• ban

  1. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  2. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  3. An official order forbidding something; prohibition

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  1. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
  2. Strong public disapproval or condemnation intended to prevent something
  3. An official order forbidding something; prohibition

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• repudiation

  1. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
  2. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.

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  1. The act of repudiating or the state of being repudiated.
  2. The refusal, especially by public authorities, to acknowledge a contract or debt.

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

• volstead act

  1. A congressional act that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The US Congress passed the act in 1919; it took effect with the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920 and was repealed by the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.
  2. (Proper) An act of Congress, passed in 1919 and repealed in 1933, enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages

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  1. A congressional act that prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. The US Congress passed the act in 1919; it took effect with the Eighteenth Amendment in 1920 and was repealed by the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933.
  2. (Proper) An act of Congress, passed in 1919 and repealed in 1933, enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages

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• temperance

  1. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.
  2. The state or quality of being temperate; self-restraint in conduct, expression, indulgence of the appetites, etc.; moderation
  3. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

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  1. Moderation and self-restraint, as in behavior or expression.
  2. The state or quality of being temperate; self-restraint in conduct, expression, indulgence of the appetites, etc.; moderation
  3. Habitual moderation in regard to the indulgence of the natural appetites and passions; restrained or moderate indulgence; moderation; as, temperance in eating and drinking; temperance in the indulgence of joy or mirth; specifically, moderation, and sometimes abstinence, in respect to using intoxicating liquors.

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• Eighteenth Amendment

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• Prohibition Amendment; the Noble Experiment

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• the Lost Cause

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• the Eighteenth Amusement

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