Prohibition

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  • noun. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  • noun. A rule or law that forbids something.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
  • noun. The period (1920–1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of prohibiting, forbidding, or interdicting; an edict or a decree to forbid or debar.
  • noun. In a restricted sense, the interdiction by law of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks, except for medicinal or sacramental uses.
  • noun. In Scots law, a technical clause in a deed of entail prohibiting the heir from selling the estate, contracting debt, altering the order of succession, etc. Synonyms Interdiction, inhibition, embargo. See prohibit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
  • noun. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
  • noun. a writ issued by a superior tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
  • noun. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. refusal to approve or assent to
  • noun. a decree that prohibits something
  • noun. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
  • noun. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
  • noun. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
    • Word Usage
    "Wonder how long the Mexican drug gangs would last if we didn't buy the stuff or if we realized this latest experiment in prohibition is no more successful than the first one."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    permission  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    action  law  period  period of time  time period  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Deposition  Inquisition  Titian  abolition  academician  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abolition  ban  condemnation  constraint  declaration  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Eighteenth Amendment  Volstead Act  arrest  arrestation  ban  
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