prohibition

pro·hi·bi·tion  (pr-bshn)

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.

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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

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Prohibition

Noun

the period (1920–33) when making, selling, and transporting alcohol was banned in the US

Prohibitionist n

Thesaurus

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 something     ban, proscription decree, 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" banning-order - an order that bans something cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order" interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
	3.	prohibition - the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment prohibition era period, 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 refusal - the act of refusing interdiction - authoritative prohibition banning, forbiddance, forbidding, ban - an official prohibition or edict against something
	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" forbiddance, inhibition action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"

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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