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prohibition in WordNet English dictionary
noun- a decree that prohibits something
prohibition ban proscription
- 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"
prohibition inhibition forbiddance
- refusal to approve or assent to
prohibition
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
prohibition
- the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
prohibition prohibition era
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