prohibition

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Noun

prohibition (plural prohibitions)

1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.

Synonyms

• forbode

Antonyms

• permission

Related terms

• prohibit

Translations

act of prohibiting

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁止 (cmn) (jìnzhǐ)

• Finnish: kielto (fi)
• Greek: απαγόρευση (el) (apagórefsi) f 

• Irish: crosadh (ga) m
• Japanese: (act of prohibiting) 禁止 (ja) (きんし, kinshi); (legal action) 差し止め (ja) (さしとめ, sashitome)
• Russian: запрет (ru) (zaprét) m , запрещение (ru) (zapreščénije) n 

law that prohibits something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁令 (cmn) (jìnlìng), 禁止 (cmn) (jìnzhǐ)

• Czech: zákaz (cs) m
• Finnish: kieltolaki (fi)
• French: interdiction (fr) f
• German: Verbot (de) n
• Greek: ποτοαπαγόρευση (el) (potoapagórefsi) f 

• Japanese: 禁止法 (ja) (きんしほう, kinshi-hō); (obsolete) 禁制 (ja) (きんせい, kinsē), 禁止 (ja) (きんし, kinshi)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: قه‌ده‌غه‌ (ku)

• Polish: zakaz (pl) m
• Russian: запрет (ru) (zaprét) m 

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• Dutch: prohibitie f
• Esperanto: malpermeso
• Kurdish: قه‌ده‌غه‌
• Spanish: prohibición f