pro·hi·bi·tion (pr  -b sh n)n.1. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited. 2. A law, order, or decree that forbids something. 3. a. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages. b. Prohibition The period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States. |
prohibition Noun 1. the act of forbidding 2. a legal ban on the sale or drinking of alcohol 3. an order or decree that forbids prohibitionist n Prohibition Noun the period (1920–33) when making, selling, and transporting alcohol was banned in the US Prohibitionist n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | prohibition - a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"law - legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping" law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" | | 2. | prohibition - a decree that prohibits somethingdecree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there" | | 3. | prohibition - the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendmentperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" | | 4. | prohibition - refusal to approve or assent to | | 5. | prohibition - 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"action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
prohibition noun ban, boycott, embargo, bar, veto, prevention, exclusion, injunction, disqualification, interdiction, interdict, proscription, disallowance, forbiddance, restraining order U.S. Law
Translations prohibition [prəuɪˈbɪʃən] n ( US) → prohibicionismo
prohibition [prəuɪˈbɪʃən] n → prohibition f
prohibition [prəuɪˈbɪʃən] prohibit n → Verbot nt; Prohibition (US) → Prohibition f
prohibition [prəuɪˈbɪʃən] n ( US) → proibizionismo
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