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Prohibition vs Abolition - What's the difference?

prohibition | abolition |

As nouns the difference between prohibition and abolition

is that prohibition is an act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something while abolition is the act of abolishing, or the state of being abolished; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

As a proper noun Prohibition

is any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.

prohibition

English

(wikipedia prohibition)

Noun

  • An act of prohibiting]], forbidding, disallowing, or [[proscribe, proscribing something.
  • A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Antonyms

    * permission

    Related terms

    * prohibit

    abolition

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of abolishing]], or the state of being abolished; an [[annul, annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition'' of slavery or the slave trade; the ''abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
  • (historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
  • (historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
  • (obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.

    • Usage notes

    The application of this word to persons is now unusual or obsolete.

    Antonyms

    * (act of abolishing) establishment, foundation

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