prohibition
nounEtymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitiō. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ion.
- derived from prohibitiō
- derived from prohibicion
Definitions
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
- But the prohibition on active advocacy and participation left a wide margin of allowable activity and was open to interpretation.
- Appeals courts, including the 5th Circuit, have in the past upheld the federal ban in question. But more recently, some courts have shown hostility towards gun prohibitions aimed at 18- to 20-year-olds.
A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled…
A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
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Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and…
Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
The neighborhood
- synonymforbode
- antonympermission
- neighborprohibit
- neighborprohibitionary
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at prohibition. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at prohibition. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at prohibition
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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