Another word for proscription

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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• 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. 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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• 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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