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prohibition

/ prohibition /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
action
Derived:
forbid prohibit interdict proscribe veto
noun Sense 2
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
Type of:
law
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 3
a decree that prohibits something
Type of:
decree edict fiat
Kinds of:
banning-order injunction enjoining enjoinment cease and desist order
Derived:
forbid prohibit interdict proscribe veto
noun Sense 4
refusal to approve or assent to
Type of:
refusal
Kinds of:
interdiction ban banning forbiddance forbidding
noun Sense 5
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Type of:
time period period of time period
Semantic Complexity
91%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
29
Times Searched
1
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action law decree edict fiat banning-order injunction enjoining enjoinment cease and desist order refusal interdiction