| banning | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding | an official prohibition or edict against something. |
| ~ prohibition | refusal to approve or assent to. |
| ~ test ban | a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons. |
| prohibition | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. prohibition | a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages.; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" |
| ~ law | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity.; "there is a law against kidnapping" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| n. (communication) | 2. ban, prohibition, proscription | a decree that prohibits something. |
| ~ decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order | a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge).; "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" |
| ~ banning-order | an order that bans something. |
| ~ cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction | (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity.; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order" |
| ~ interdict, interdiction | a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity. |
| n. (time) | 3. prohibition, prohibition era | the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| n. (communication) | 4. prohibition | refusal to approve or assent to. |
| ~ refusal | the act of refusing. |
| ~ interdiction | authoritative prohibition. |
| ~ banning, forbiddance, forbidding, ban | an official prohibition or edict against something. |
| n. (act) | 5. forbiddance, inhibition, prohibition | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof).; "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" |
| ~ action | something done (usually as opposed to something said).; "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| refusal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. refusal | the act of refusing. |
| ~ denial | the act of refusing to comply (as with a request).; "it resulted in a complete denial of his privileges" |
| ~ repudiation | refusal to acknowledge or pay a debt or honor a contract (especially by public authorities).; "the repudiation of the debt by the city" |
| ~ prohibition | refusal to approve or assent to. |
| n. (communication) | 2. refusal | a message refusing to accept something that is offered. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ regrets, declination | a polite refusal of an invitation. |
| reproof | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval | an act or expression of criticism and censure.; "he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face" |
| ~ riot act | a vigorous reprimand.; "I read him the riot act" |
| ~ criticism, unfavorable judgment | disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings.; "the senator received severe criticism from his opponent" |
| ~ chiding, objurgation, scolding, tongue-lashing | rebuking a person harshly. |
| ~ what for | a strong reprimand. |
| ~ bawling out, castigation, chewing out, dressing down, upbraiding, earful, going-over | a severe scolding. |
| ~ berating, blowing up | a severe rebuke.; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" |
| ~ reproach | a mild rebuke or criticism.; "words of reproach" |
| ~ talking to, lecture, speech | a lengthy rebuke.; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" |
| ~ chastening, chastisement, correction | a rebuke for making a mistake. |
| ~ admonishment, monition, admonition | a firm rebuke. |
| v. (communication) | 2. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce | censure severely or angrily.; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" |
| ~ castigate, chasten, chastise, objurgate, correct | censure severely.; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" |
| ~ brush down, tell off | reprimand.; "She told the misbehaving student off" |
| ~ criticise, criticize, pick apart, knock | find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws.; "The paper criticized the new movie"; "Don't knock the food--it's free" |
| restriction | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. limitation, restriction | a principle that limits the extent of something.; "I am willing to accept certain restrictions on my movements" |
| ~ rule, regulation | a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior.; "it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short haircuts were the regulation" |
| ~ narrowness | a restriction of range or scope.; "the problem with achievement tests is the narrowness they impose on students"; "the attraction of the book is precisely its narrowness of focus"; "frustrated by the narrowness of people's horizons" |
| ~ quantification | a limitation imposed on the variables of a proposition (as by the quantifiers `some' or `all' or `no'). |
| ~ restraint | a rule or condition that limits freedom.; "legal restraints"; "restraints imposed on imports" |
| n. (act) | 2. limitation, restriction | an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation). |
| ~ regulating, regulation | the act of controlling or directing according to rule.; "fiscal regulations are in the hands of politicians" |
| ~ load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply. |
| ~ arms control | a limitation on the size and armament of the armed forces of a country. |
| ~ hold-down | a limitation or constraint.; "taxpayers want a hold-down on government spending" |
| ~ freeze | fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level.; "a freeze on hiring" |
| ~ clampdown | sudden restriction on an activity. |
| n. (act) | 3. confinement, restriction | the act of keeping something within specified bounds (by force if necessary).; "the restriction of the infection to a focal area" |
| ~ restraint | the act of controlling by restraining someone or something.; "the unlawful restraint of trade" |
| ~ classification | restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people. |
| ~ stipulation, specification | a restriction that is insisted upon as a condition for an agreement. |
| ~ circumscription | the act of circumscribing. |
| ~ constraint | the act of constraining; the threat or use of force to control the thoughts or behavior of others. |
| no | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. no | a negative.; "his no was loud and clear" |
| ~ negative | a reply of denial.; "he answered in the negative" |
| n. (substance) | 2. atomic number 102, no, nobelium | a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known. |
| ~ chemical element, element | any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter. |
| adj. | 3. no | quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of.; "we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time" |
| ~ nary | (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'.; "heard nary a sound" |
| ~ none | not any.; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" |
| ~ zero | having no measurable or otherwise determinable value.; "the goal is zero population growth" |
| adv. | 4. no, no more | referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present.; "he was no heavier than a child" |
| adv. | 5. no | not in any degree or manner; not at all.; "he is no better today" |
| adv. | 6. no | used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement.; "no, you are wrong" |
| not | | |
| adv. | 1. non, not | negation of a word or group of words.; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" |
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