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    prohibition

    prohibition - Dictionary definition and meaning for word prohibition

    Definition
    (noun) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
    Example Sentence
    • in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
    Definition
    (noun) a decree that prohibits something
    Synonyms : ban , proscription
    Definition
    (noun) the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
    Synonyms : prohibition era
    Definition
    (noun) refusal to approve or assent to Definition
    (noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
    Synonyms : forbiddance , inhibition
    Example Sentence
    • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
    • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
    • he ignored his parents' forbiddance

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text: journey through the prohibition era
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