as in prohibition
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitulary
Noun
-
According to a memo from the General Services Administration dated Feb. 15 and reported this week by NPR, the Trump administration is no longer requiring explicit prohibitions on segregated facilities in new government contracts.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025 -
In the mid-2010s, the emergence of daily fantasy sports offered further evidence that a prohibition on legalized gambling was not working.—
Made by History,
TIME,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
The single most pointless remake in the Disney canon. 15.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
-
Police used a water canon to disperse the crowd after protesters tried to break through police barricades.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
The restrictions Ritchin describes relate mostly to photography’s troubling inability to illustrate what is outside the frame.—
Emmanuel Iduma,
ARTnews.com,
21 Mar. 2025
-
The Justice Department maintains that the restrictions established by Humphrey's Executor don't apply to today's FTC or other multimember regulatory bodies, given the power those agencies now wield.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
Rasoulof shifts his tale into a cautionary proscription that is artful and mythic.—
Armond White,
National Review,
22 Jan. 2025
-
Politics, the war, and Putin are off-limits, while less obvious proscriptions draw a grim picture of the dictatorship: no emojis, no foreign words, and no literary references are allowed.—
Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
14 Jan. 2024
Noun
-
Texas state Republicans also continue cracking down on abortions with new legislation this year.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
18 Mar. 2025
-
The House hasn’t heard any companion legislation yet.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
That limits debate and only gives opponents until April 2 to submit amendments.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
-
House lawmakers Friday approved amendments to House Bill 96, which allows government entities to display only certain flags, such as the official Idaho, U.S. and state flags.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
-
It is based upon a legal doctrine rooted in English common law and enshrined in the 11th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits states from being sued in federal court without their consent.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
3 Sep. 2019
-
In each case, the Nonhuman Rights Project demanded that the court issue a common law writ of habeas corpus, a writ typically used to determine whether the detention of a prisoner is lawful, on behalf of a chimpanzee.—
Steven M. Wise,
Foreign Affairs,
11 July 2016
Noun
-
The foundational document of Catholic social tradition, the 1891 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII, argued that individual freedom did little to help workers secure a living wage, and valorized workers’ associations, urging government to intervene to balance the economy.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2021
-
Benedict asked in a characteristic passage of a 2007 encyclical on hope.—
Rachel Donadio,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2022
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Capitulary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitulary. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share