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Prohibition
ˌprəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃn
Prohibition definitions
noun
prohibition
prohibitions
- the action of forbidding something, especially by law
"they argue that prohibition of drugs will always fail"
banning forbidding prohibiting barring debarment vetoing proscription disallowing disallowance interdiction outlawing making illegal ban bar interdict veto embargo injunction proscription boycott moratorium- a law or regulation forbidding something
"prohibitions on insider dealing"
- a writ from a superior court forbidding an inferior court from proceeding in a suit deemed to be beyond its cognizance
- the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the US between 1920 and 1933