different between prohibition vs cessation
prohibition
English
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibiti?.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p???(h)??b???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?o?(h)??b???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
- Hyphenation: pro?hi?bi?tion
Noun
prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)
- An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
- A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
- A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
Synonyms
- forbode
Antonyms
- permission
Related terms
- prohibit
Translations
French
Etymology
First attested in Old French, borrowed from Latin prohibiti?
Pronunciation
Noun
prohibition f (plural prohibitions)
- prohibition
- (specifically) prohibition of alcohol
Related terms
- prohiber
Further reading
- “prohibition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
prohibition From the web:
- what prohibition means
- what prohibition good for the economy
- what prohibition in 1920
- was prohibition bad
cessation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French cessation, itself a borrowing from Latin cess?ti?.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /s??se???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
cessation (countable and uncountable, plural cessations)
- (formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- it might be advisable to permit the temporary cessation of the papal inquisition
- 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI
- The day […] was […] yearly observ'd for a festival Day by cessation from Labour.
Synonyms
- (temporary): hiatus, moratorium, recess; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (final): close, endpoint, terminus; see also Thesaurus:finish
Translations
Anagrams
- canoeists, sonicates
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cess?ti?. Morphologically, from cesser +? -ation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.sa.sj??/
Noun
cessation f (plural cessations)
- cessation
Further reading
- “cessation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
cessation From the web:
- what cessation means
- what cessationism is not
- what's cessation of movement
- what cessationist means
- what cessationism and continuationism
- what's cessation of smoking
- cessation what does it mean
- cessationism what it means
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