Word of the week: prohibit
Prohibit has been used for so long in reference to laws, statutes, and regulations that it tends to connote a less despotic exercise of authority than the word forbid and to suggest restraints imposed for the good of all or for the sake of orderly procedure (prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors). Forbid is more direct and familiar, prohibit is more formal or official.
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