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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")
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