PROHIBITING Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in banning

the act of ordering that something not be done or used not surprisingly, the prohibiting of the use of cell phones proved to be unpopular with patients visiting the doctor

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verb

present participle of prohibit

as in forbidding

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the city prohibits swimming in the lake after dark

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Many schools around the country are already prohibiting mobile phone use over concerns. — Anastasia Chernikova, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 That’s compared to the Phone-Free Schools Act that calls for a policy either limiting or prohibiting smartphone use. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 1 July 2026 The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Texas law prohibiting minors from downloading apps without their parent's consent to go into effect. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 July 2026 Officials in Turkey are prohibiting an all-gay cruise from spending multiple days in the country next week during a voyage from Athens to Venice, according to the company organizing the trip. — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 3 July 2026 In January 2025, a federal judge ruled that portion of the ordinance overburdens free speech rights by prohibiting anyone from providing any lecture in any San Diego public park or beach. — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 In 1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was signed, Quakers made a formal stance against slavery, prohibiting followers of the faith from engaging in the institution. — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 July 2026 Among other issues, Schroer has also pushed legislation prohibiting international organizations like the World Health Organization and the United Nations from exercising jurisdiction in his state. — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 July 2026 Superior Court Judge Alex Manning issued the order June 15 prohibiting the county’s top administrator from getting close to Amit Mehrotra, a neighbor in the Ellard subdivision in Roswell, and from harassing or intimidating Mehrotra or his family. — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 1 July 2026

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The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the banning of dangerous formations.

— Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of banning

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Anyone attempting to think seriously about Elon Musk is confronted with a forbidding cognitive dissonance.

— Mark O’Connell, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
The parliament in England created laws against Quakers, forbidding them to worship freely, charging them with punishments for refusing to take oaths or refusing to remove their hats.

— Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of forbidding

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The company could not secure an exception to the state’s prohibition of the storage of high-level radioactive waste from out of state.

— Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
The prohibition against living people appearing on currency dates to 1866, when Congress took action after a Treasury official, Spencer Clark, printed his face on banknotes.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 June 2026

Definition of prohibition

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In a brief order, the high court agreed to take up a pair of cases challenging local and state laws outlawing AR-15s and similar semi-automatic rifles.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 30 June 2026
Players will still be able to cover their mouths when conversing normally, but outlawing the act during disagreements is designed to remove plausible deniability for any player accused of making discriminatory remarks while their mouth is obscured.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 31 May 2026

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