Thesaurus: prohibition

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1. n. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
2. n. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
3. n. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
4. n. a decree that prohibits something
5. n. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
6. n. refusal to approve or assent to
7. n. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
8. 1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. Tillotson. 2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages. Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it. Blackstone. Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
9. n:100 n. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages n. a decree that prohibits something n. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment n. refusal to approve or assent to