Meaning Of The Word Prohibition

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prohibition
countable noun: A prohibition is a law or rule forbidding something.
uncountable noun: In the United States, Prohibition was the law that prevented the manufacture, sale, and transporting of alcoholic drinks between 1919 and 1933. Prohibition also refers to the period when this law existed.

prohibition in American English
a prohibiting or being prohibited
noun: the act of prohibiting

prohibition in British English
noun: the act of prohibiting or state of being prohibited
noun: the period (1920–33) when the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquors was banned by constitutional amendment in the US

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