 prohibition |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages | |
| Examples: | "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US" |
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| Related terms: | law law | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (law,writing) a decree that prohibits something | |
| Synonyms: | ban proscription interdiction | |
| Related terms: | decree banning-order injunction interdict forbid | |
| 3. | [ noun ] the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment | |
| Synonyms: | prohibition_era | |
| Related terms: | time_period | |
| 4. | [ noun ] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | |
| Synonyms: | inhibition forbiddance | |
| Examples: | "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter" "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages" "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" |
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| Related terms: | action forbid | |
| 5. | [ noun ] refusal to approve or assent to | |
| Related terms: | refusal ban interdiction | |
| Similar spelling: |
prohibitionist prohibit prohibitive prohibitively prohibited prohibitory propitiousness propitious |
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