prohibitable

Able to outlaw

Prohibitable describes something that can be prohibited—forbidden, banned, or made illegal.

The term appears mainly in legal and policy contexts where the question is whether authorities have the power to restrict something: The court ruled that such speech was not prohibitable under the First Amendment.

Related forms: prohibit, prohibition.

sensename

forbidden

Not allowed

outlawed · proscribed · interdicted · unauthorized · impermissible · disallowed · vetoed · censored · barred · taboo

restrictable

curtailable

Able to be lessened

blockable · restrictable · stoppable · preventable · deterrable · checkable · suspendable · revocable · voidable · cancellable

legal

statute

Enacted written rule

injunction · enforcement · penalty · sanction · prosecution · compliance · code · ban · restriction · decree

Opposites
legal/regulatory status

prohibitableinalienable

Incapable of being surrendered

unbannable · protected · guaranteed · sacrosanct · inviolable

permissibility

prohibitablemandatory

Required by rule

required · compulsory · obligatory · permitted · allowed

Family

prohibit, inhibit, prohibited, prohibition, inhibition, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, inhibitory

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