1. prohibition - noun
· a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
Hypernym(s): law
2. prohibition - noun
· a decree that prohibits something
Synonym(s): ban, proscription
Hypernym(s): decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
3. prohibition - noun
· the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Synonym(s): prohibition_era
Hypernym(s): time_period, period_of_time, period
4. prohibition - noun
· refusal to approve or assent to
Hypernym(s): refusal
5. prohibition - noun
· 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"
Synonym(s): inhibition, forbiddance
Hypernym(s): action
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