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1. (n.) prohibition
the act of prohibiting.
2. prohibition
the legal prohibiting of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
3. prohibition
(usu. cap.) the period (1920–33) during which such prohibition was in effect in the U.S.
4. prohibition
a law or decree that forbids.
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| Definition of 'prohibition' |
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1. (noun) prohibition
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
2. (noun) prohibition, ban, proscription
a decree that prohibits something
3. (noun) prohibition, prohibition era
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
4. (noun) prohibition
refusal to approve or assent to
5. (noun) prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
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"
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1. (noun) prohibition
the act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict
2. (noun) prohibition
specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages
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Sense: the act of prohibiting
We demand the prohibition by the government of the sale of this drug.
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 Afrikaans: verbod |
 Arabic: مَنْع |
 Bulgarian: забраняване |
 Brazilian: proibição |
 Czech: zákaz |
 German: das Verbot |
 Danish: forbud |
 Greek: απαγόρευση |
 Spanish: prohibición |
 Estonian: keeld |
 Farsi: ممنوعیت |
 Finnish: kieltäminen |
 French: interdiction |
 Hebrew: אִיסוּר |
 Hindi: निषेध, प्रतिषेध |
 Hungarian: tilalom |
 Indonesian: larangan |
 Icelandic: bann |
 Italian: proibizione |
 Japanese: 禁止 |
 Korean: 금지 |
 Lithuanian: (už)draudimas |
 Latvian: aizliegums |
 Malay: larangan |
 Dutch: verbod |
 Norwegian: forbud (mot) |
 Polish: zakaz |
 Persian: ممنوعیت |
 Pashto: مخنيوى |
 Portuguese: proibição |
 Romanian: prohibiţie, interzicere |
 Russian: запрещение |
 Slovak: zákaz |
 Slovenian: prepoved |
 Serbian: prohibicija |
 Swedish: förbud |
 Thai: การห้าม |
 Turkish: yasaklama |
 Taiwanese: 禁止 |
 Ukrainian: заборона |
 Urdu: منع، رکاوٹ |
 Vietnamese: sự ngăn cấm |
 Chinese: 禁止 |
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