English dictionary
prohibition
nounPronunciation
ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən
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Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
noun
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
noun
- refusal to approve or assent to
noun
- the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Example sentences
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
he ignored his parents' forbiddance
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US