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prohibition prohibition definition

prohibition


 
  Grep  of  noun  prohibition 
  prohibition 
  prohibition  era 
  prohibition  party 
  prohibitionist 
  writ  of  prohibition 
 
  Overview  of  noun  prohibition 
 
  The  noun  prohibition  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  prohibition  --  (a  law  forbidding  the  sale  of  alcoholic  beverages;  "in  1920  the  18th  amendment  to  the  Constitution  established  prohibition  in  the  US") 
  2.  (2)  prohibition,  ban,  interdiction,  proscription  --  (a  decree  that  prohibits  something) 
  3.  (1)  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.  prohibition  --  (refusal  to  approve  or  assent  to) 
  5.  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") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  prohibition 
 
  The  noun  prohibition  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  prohibition  --  (a  law  forbidding  the  sale  of  alcoholic  beverages;  "in  1920  the  18th  amendment  to  the  Constitution  established  prohibition  in  the  US") 
  2.  (2)  prohibition,  ban,  interdiction,  proscription  --  (a  decree  that  prohibits  something) 
  3.  (1)  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.  prohibition  --  (refusal  to  approve  or  assent  to) 
  5.  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") 



prohibition definition