Prohibition
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
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Senses
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the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
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a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
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a decree that prohibits something
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refusal to approve or assent to
Classifications
Entity Type
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unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- banforbiddanceinhibitionprohibition eraproscription
- plural
- Prohibitions
- possessive
- Prohibition's
- pluralpossessive
- Prohibitions'