Definitions For Prohibition

noun

• The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
• A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
• A decree that prohibits something
• Refusal to approve or assent to
• The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
• The act of not allowing something to be used or done
• A law or order that stops something from being used or done
• The period of time from 1920 to 1933 in the U.S. when it was illegal to make or sell alcohol