Words · Common
prohibition
/pˌɹoʊəˈbɪʃən/ · 11 letters · 8 distinct letters
- noun
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
- noun
a decree that prohibits something
- noun
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- noun
refusal to approve or assent to
- noun
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter