outlawing

Definitions

The act of declaring something illegal or prohibiting it by law.

The process of depriving someone of the protection of the law.

Examples

The government is considering outlawing the use of single-use plastics to protect the environment.

Many citizens supported the new legislation outlawing discrimination in the workplace.

The city council passed a resolution outlawing loud noise in residential areas after midnight.

Synonyms

banning prohibiting forbidding vetoing criminalizing barring interdicting

Antonyms

legalizing permitting authorizing allowing approving sanctioning validating