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noun

as in prohibiting
the act of ordering that something not be done or used the proscribing of the use of alcohol was to be expected

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proscribing

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verb

present participle of proscribe
as in forbidding
to order not to do or use or to be done or used regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proscribing
  1. prohibition
  2. prohibiting
  3. banning
  4. forbidding
  5. outlawing
Noun
  • SpaceX insiders were barred from selling in the public offering in June but that prohibition begins to ease on Thursday when more than 900,000 shares are released for trading, more than doubling the amount currently available for trading.
    — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • There's also a curriculum framework and prohibitions on physical and emotional abuse of children.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibition
Verb
  • The continuing resolution delays the prohibition on hemp products from November 12 until December 11, giving lawmakers time to regulate the popular consumer products instead of prohibiting them outright.
    — A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Washington has built on these advantages over decades, applying antitrust law to foreign firms, prohibiting bribery abroad, and using sanctions and export controls to shape the behavior of overseas actors.
    — Mark Jia, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of prohibiting
Noun
  • Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said.
    — Reeti Malhotra July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of banning
Verb
  • The castle moniker invokes brooding keeps, defensive towers and forbidding stone.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of forbidding
Verb
  • Denver has also considered outlawing natural gas in homes after implementing new restrictions on its use in commercial buildings.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2026
  • But in the late 1970s, the country followed other nations in outlawing marijuana, and chased away the hippies who had flocked to the country.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of outlawing
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