Act
Act noun - A rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature.
Usage example: the Americans with Disabilities Act requires public buildings to have wheelchair access
Prohibition and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prohibition" instead a noun "Act".
Prohibition
Prohibition noun - The act of ordering that something not be done or used.
Act and prohibition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a noun "Prohibition".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Cyrano de Bergerac: At act I, Actor Montfleury, who has dared defy Cyrano's prohibition to act, makes his choice after Cadet Cyrano claps a third time: He runs for his life.
Source: Run or Die - Few laws saw such widespread civil disobedience as the 1919 Volstead Act, better known as the prohibition.
Source: Serious Business / Real Life - This resulted in the Superhuman Prohibition act, thus causing the superheroes to be pitted against one other.
Source: Roleplay / A World Of Heroes
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