prohibition
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prohibition Definition
(n)
a
law
forbidding
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
; "
in
1920
the
18th
amendment
to
the
Constitution
established
prohibition
in
the
US
"
(n)
a
decree
that
prohibits
something
(n)
the
period
from
1920
to
1933
when
the
sale
of
alcoholic
beverages
was
prohibited
in
the
United
States
by
a
constitutional
amendment
(n)
refusal
to
approve
or
assent
to
(n)
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 Synonyms
ban
forbiddance
inhibition
prohibition
prohibition era
proscription
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