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- Dictionarypro·hi·bi·tion/ˌprō(h)əˈbiSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of forbidding something, especially by law: "they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail" Similar
- 2. the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933.
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The meaning of PROHIBITION is the act of prohibiting by authority. How to use prohibition in a sentence.
PROHIBITION definition: 1. the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that does this: 2. the period from…. Learn more.
noun. the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited. an order or decree that prohibits. sometimes capital (esp in the US) a policy of legally forbidding the manufacture, transportation, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages except for medicinal or scientific purposes.
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933 under the terms of the Eighteenth Amendment.
5 meanings: 1. the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited 2. an order or decree that prohibits 3. (esp in the US) a.... Click for more definitions.
PROHIBITION meaning: 1. the act of officially not allowing something, or an order that does this: 2. the period from…. Learn more.
Definition of prohibition noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definitions of prohibition. noun. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) “they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter” synonyms: forbiddance, inhibition. see more. noun. refusal to approve or assent to. see more. noun. a decree that prohibits something. synonyms: ban, proscription. see more. noun.
1. A prohibition is a law or rule forbidding something. [...] 2. See also prohibit. More. Definitions of 'Prohibition' Prohibition was the law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks in the United States between 1919 and 1933. Prohibition also refers to the period when this law existed. [...] More.
