prohibit

Verb

Meaning

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing.

To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forbid interdict prevent hinder disallow debar proscribe stop bar ban deny restrict veto inhibit curb
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

require command

Hyponyms

bar ban exclude outlaw debar criminalize

Related terms

prohibition prohibitive

Phrases with the word

to prohibit prohibit by law prohibit from prohibit from entering

Derivatives

prohibited prohibiting

Examples

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. Claude Adrien Helvétius

To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves: such a prohibition ought to fill them with disdain. Claude Adrien Helvétius

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. Freda Adler

Wherever we can multiply our forces and our civilizational efforts, absorbing other elements, no law can prohibit us from doing so, as such actions are our duty. Roman Dmowski

There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves. Milton Friedman

How can the person who is eating dates prohibit the eating of dates? It's better to be a free dog than a caged lion. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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