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Definitions for Prohibition
[1] the act of prohibiting.
[2] the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption.
[3] (often initial capital letter ) the period (1920–33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S.
[4] a law or decree that forbids.
[5] the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited
[6] an order or decree that prohibits
[7] (sometimes capital) (esp in the US) a policy of legally forbidding the manufacture, transportation, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages except for medicinal or scientific purposes
[8] law an order of a superior court (in Britain the High Court) forbidding an inferior court to determine a matter outside its jurisdiction
[9] the period (1920–33) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was banned by constitutional amendment in the US
Words related to Prohibition
embargo, restriction, proscription, exclusion, constraint, veto, injunction, taboo, prevention, temperance, refusal, interdiction, negation, obstruction, interdict, bar, repudiation, disallowance, no-no
Words nearby Prohibition
progressive tax, progressive vaccinia, progressive-resistance exercise, progressivism, prohibit, prohibition, prohibition party, prohibitionist, prohibitive, prohibitory, prohormone
Origin of Prohibition
1275–1325; Middle English < Latin prohibitiōn- (stem of prohibitiō ). See prohibit, -ion
Other words from Prohibition
pro·hi·bi·tion·ar·y , adjective
an·ti·pro·hi·bi·tion , adjective, noun
non·pro·hi·bi·tion , noun
pre·pro·hi·bi·tion , noun
Synonyms for Prohibition
constraint, embargo, exclusion, injunction, prevention, proscription, restriction, taboo, veto, bar, interdict, interdiction, negation, obstruction, refusal, repudiation, temperance, disallowance, don't, no-no, off limits, out of bounds