prohibition
pro·hi·bi·tion
noun
1.
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- “in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
3.
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
5.
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”
Origin
From Anglo-Norman and Old French prohibicion, from Latin prohibitiō. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ion.
Phrases
- writ of prohibition
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