Definitions for Prohibition
ˌproʊ əˈbɪʃ ənpro·hi·bi·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. prohibitionnoun

   a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

   "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"

2. prohibition, ban, proscriptionnoun

   a decree that prohibits something

3. prohibition, prohibition eranoun

   the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

4. prohibitionnoun

   refusal to approve or assent to

5. prohibition, inhibition, forbiddancenoun

   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"

GCIDERate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Prohibitionnoun

   The period of 1920 to 1932 in the United States, during which sale of alcoholic beverages were forbidden by the consitution.

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. prohibitionnoun

   An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.

2. prohibitionnoun

   A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.

3. Prohibitionnoun

   any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prohibitionnoun

   Forbiddance; interdict; act of forbidding.

   Etymology: prohibition, Fr. prohibitio, Lat. from prohibit.

   Might there not be some other mystery in this prohibition, than they think of? Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 6.

   ’Gainst self-slaughter
   There is a prohibition so divine,
   That cravens my weak hand. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   He bestowed the liberal choice of all things, with one only prohibition, to try his obedience. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

   Let us not think hard
   One easy prohibition, who enjoy
   Free leave so large to all things else. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   The law of God in the ten commandments consists mostly of prohibitions; thou shalt not do such a thing. John Tillotson.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prohibition

   Prohibition is the action of forbidding or preventing something by law, rule, or other authoritative regulation. It refers to the act of banning certain activities, substances, or practices, making them illegal or unacceptable to engage in. It could also refer to a specific historical period when the production, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages were banned, as in the United States from 1920 to 1933.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Prohibitionnoun

   the act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict

2. Prohibitionnoun

   specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages

3. Etymology: [L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.]

WikidataRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Prohibition

   Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the legal act of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation and sale of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Use of the term as applicable to a historical period is typically applied to countries of European culture.

Matched Categories

1. • Action
   • Decree
   • Law
   • Refusal

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Prohibition in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Prohibition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Prohibition in a Sentence

1. Don Marquis:

   prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into

2. Daniel Okrent:

   The Depression came on and there was no more tax revenue for the federal government, people were saying, 'Where are we going to get the money to keep the lights on?' The primary tax revenue before Prohibition was alcohol.

3. Aitan Goelman:

   This matter clearly demonstrates that the CFTC will vigorously enforce this prohibition to protect the integrity of our markets.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes.

5. Lori Tremmel Freeman:

   It seems to be kind of a mixed bag of all the things going on here -- there's the limiting of requiring proof of vaccine, there's the limiting of requiring the vaccination itself, the prohibition of the mandates. So, there's a lot, they're not all uniform.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Prohibition
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Prohibition
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prohibition
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Prohibition
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Prohibition
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Prohibition
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Prohibition