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List of meaning for prohibition

an act of forbidding or disallowing something

prohibition(noun)

a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"

prohibition, ban, proscription(noun)

a decree that prohibits something

prohibition, prohibition era(noun)

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

prohibition(noun)

refusal to approve or assent to

prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance(noun)

the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

the principal's prohibition against the use of cell phones in the school building met with unanimous approval by the teachers

an order that something not be done or used

the school issued a prohibition against wearing clothing with obscene and provocative slogans

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