(noun) an official prohibition or edict against something. Synonyms: ban, banning, forbidding.
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(noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). Synonyms: prohibition, inhibition. Examples: "They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter." "A medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages." "He ignored his parents' forbiddance."