prohibition

noun

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

   noun.communication

   Examples

   In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. a decree that prohibits something

   noun.communication

   Synonyms ban proscription

   Source: WordNet 3.0

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

   noun.time

   Synonyms prohibition era

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. refusal to approve or assent to

   noun.communication

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

   noun.act

   Examples

   They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter.

   Synonyms forbiddance inhibition

   Source: WordNet 3.0

6. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

   noun

   Source: webster1913