prohibition
Legally enforced ban
Prohibition is the act of forbidding something, or a rule that forbids it: a prohibition on smoking indoors, a prohibition against importing exotic animals.
The word carries more weight than "ban"—it suggests formal, often legal authority behind the restriction.
The city enacted a prohibition on overnight parking during snow emergencies. (Capitalized Prohibition is the era of alcohol banning in the U.S.)
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
veto · interdict · suppress · prevent · disallow · proscribe · bar · criminalize · moratorium · injunction
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
- policiespolicy, act, code of conduct, workplace policies, public policy
- ruleslaw, rule, guideline, bylaw, standard
- ordersorder, command, decree, dictate, mandate
- liquor lawsDUI, legal age, public intoxication, alcohol ban, open container
- social changecultural shift, social progress, social norms, cultural fusion, globalization
prohibitionpermission
Granted right to act
authorization · allowance · sanction · consent · license
prohibitionencouragement
Support spurring continued effort
promotion · endorsement · indorsement · facilitation · support
prohibitionrepeal
Annul a statute
legalization · antiprohibition · Twenty-first Amendment · decriminalization · regulation
- drug prohibitionLaws criminalizing certain substances
- prohibition eraPeriod of official banning
- prohibition lawsStatutes that outlaw something
- prohibition repealLifting of alcohol restrictions
- prohibition agentsEnforcers of alcohol bans
- alcohol prohibitionLegal ban on liquor
prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitively, prohibitions, prohibitionist, prohibitionists