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Meaning of 'prohibition' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Prohibition [ n.]
- The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
- Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.

Meaning of 'prohibition' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . prohibition [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Example in sentence:
  • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages;
  • he ignored his parents' forbiddance;
  • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
Meaning (2):
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Example in sentence:
  • in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US

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