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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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