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Noun
▲
The act of forbidding or banning something
ban
veto
embargo
interdict
bar
proscription
boycott
injunction
interdiction
disqualification
exclusion
prevention
disallowance
forbiddance
moratorium
constraint
don't
negation
no-no
obstruction
refusal
repudiation
restriction
taboo
temperance
restraining order
off limits
ruling out
out of bounds
rejection
more ❯
“A comprehensive prohibition of nuclear weapons.”
Noun
▲
The action of forbidding something, especially by law
banning
barring
forbidding
prohibiting
proscription
interdiction
outlawing
debarment
enjoining
interdicting
proscribing
vetoing
disallowance
disallowing
making illegal
ban
interdict
embargo
restriction
forbiddance
off limits
criminalization
illegalization
veto
bar
injunction
boycott
refusal
taboo
don't
inhibition
constraint
prevention
negation
obstruction
repudiation
embargoing
tabooing
no-no
ruling out
out of bounds
“The blanket prohibition of drugs, I think, is wrong.”
Noun
▲
Something which impedes the progress or movement of someone or something
restraint
restriction
check
curb
limitation
hindrance
impediment
obstacle
fetter
deterrent
obstruction
constraint
bar
barrier
inhibition
stop
control
cramp
rein
stricture
brake
limit
circumscription
damper
stoppage
bridle
prevention
suppression
ceiling
ban
hold
curtailment
clampdown
embargo
determent
straitjacket
deterrence
retardant
condition
order
reduction
weight
wet blanket
more ❯
Noun
▲
A threatened penalty for disobeying a law or rule
sanction
ban
embargo
penalty
boycott
restriction
deterrent
punishment
correction
discipline
exclusion
penalization
retribution
barrier
tariff
action
command
decree
injunction
measure
punitive action
sentence
writ
coercive measures
coercive measure
punitive measure
penance
damages
fine
forfeiture
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of traversing
traversal
abnegation
adjuration
brush-off
contradiction
declination
disaffirmation
disapproval
disavowal
disclaimer
disproof
dissent
forswearing
nay
negation
negative
nix
nonacceptance
protestation
rebuff
rebuttal
refutal
refutation
rejection
renouncement
renunciation
repudiation
repulse
retraction
statement
turndown
veto
abstaining
cold shoulder
controversion
disaffirmance
disallowance
dismissing
gainsaying
noncommittal
no way
refraining
refusing
rejecting
renegement
repudiating
more ❯
Noun
▲
An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments
moratorium
suspension
freeze
halt
postponement
respite
standstill
stay
embargo
abeyance
adjournment
ban
deferment
delay
doldrums
dormancy
latency
quiescence
stoppage
suspense
abeyancy
break
breather
cessation
deferral
downtime
five
hiatus
pause
reprieve
truce
cold storage
deep freeze
holding pattern
suspended animation
breathing spell
grace period
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of suppressing something such as an activity or publication
suppression
crushing
elimination
clampdown
crackdown
defeat
extinction
quashing
conquering
quelling
repression
squashing
subduing
vanquishing
check
cowing
discontinuation
end
prevention
stopping
termination
arrest
dissolution
halting
abolishment
abolition
annihilation
conquest
destruction
dominance
obliteration
overpowering
overriding
overthrow
stamping out
subdual
suppressing
snuffing out
more ❯
Noun
▲
Abstinence from the consumption of alcohol
teetotalism
abstinence
sobriety
temperance
abnegation
abstemiousness
abstention
asceticism
astringency
austerity
conservatism
constraint
continence
control
discretion
dryness
eschewal
forbearance
forgoing
frugality
measure
moderateness
moderation
moderatism
mortification
nephalism
prudence
reasonableness
Rechabitism
refrainment
restraint
sacrifice
self-control
self-denial
self-deprivation
self-discipline
soberness
stoicism
uninebriation
unintoxication
golden mean
happy medium
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting
injunction
command
dictate
instruction
order
ruling
admonition
decree
exhortation
mandate
precept
direction
directive
edict
prescription
behest
charge
commandment
demand
dictum
do
enjoinment
fiat
imperative
ordainment
ultimatum
word
ban
bar
bidding
decretal
embargo
enjoinder
firman
irade
monition
restriction
sanction
ukase
writ
more ❯
Noun
▲
Immoral indulgence
forbidden fruit
desired object
forbidden indulgence
golden apple
illegal indulgence
illegal pleasure
illicit love
immoral pleasure
no-no
prohibited article
taboo
Noun
▲
The action of excluding or leaving out someone or something
omission
deletion
exclusion
elimination
excision
absence
cut
erasure
exception
non-inclusion
removal
expunction
leaving out
noninclusion
cutting out
disregardance
excluding
ignoring
nonjoinder
passing over
preclusion
repudiation
withholding
rejection
expulsion
discard
withdrawal
ejection
dropping
barring
more ❯
Noun
▲
A suppression of information, especially one imposed on the media by government
blackout
suppression
censorship
noncommunication
cut-off
secrecy
silence
clampdown
curfew
embargo
veto
radio silence
reporting restrictions
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