prohibitionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌprəʊ.ɪˈbɪʃ.ən//ˌprəʊ.hɪˈbɪʃ.ən/us/ˌproʊ.ɪˈbɪʃ.ən//ˌproʊ.hɪˈbɪʃ.ən/the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that does this:
New York City has announced a prohibition on smoking on buses.
The environmental group is demanding a complete prohibition against the hunting of whales.
It's my feeling that the money spent on drug prohibition would be better spent on information and education.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- off-limits
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
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