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Definition of Prohibition

1. Noun. A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages. "In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"

2. Noun. A decree that prohibits something.

3. Noun. The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment.

4. Noun. Refusal to approve or assent to.

5. Noun. The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). "He ignored his parents' forbiddance"

Definition of Prohibition

1. n. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

Definition of Prohibition

1. Proper noun. (history) any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal ¹

2. Noun. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something. ¹

3. Noun. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prohibition

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Prohibition

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