prohibitions

NOUN

ban, forbiddance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constraint embargo exclusion injunction prevention proscription restriction taboo veto

STRONG

bar interdict interdiction negation obstruction refusal repudiation temperance

WEAK

disallowance don't no-no off limits out of bounds

Antonyms

STRONGEST

allowance permission

STRONG

aid approval help

WEAK

clearance

Example Sentences

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Prohibitions on sales to nations at war remain but can be circumvented under special circumstances.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Prohibitions on gun possession would still apply to individuals who are otherwise restricted from having guns.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2023

Prohibitions against marrying Indians from another caste were just one element of a constellation of provisions designed to keep everyone locked in their inherited class from birth to death.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Prohibitions on visits from clients and stocking merchandise seem to prohibit home baking, tutoring, music lessons, and even some white-collar work like architecture.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2023

Prohibitions without Reasons.—A prohibition, the reason of which we do not understand or admit, is almost a command, not only for the stiff-necked but for the thirster after knowledge.

From Human, All-Too-Human, Part II by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm