Prohibition

'Prohibition'

[prohibition.n.01] as in: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

Examples:
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US

'Prohibition'

[prohibition.n.02] as in: a decree that prohibits something

'Prohibition'

[prohibition.n.03] as in: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

'Prohibition'

[prohibition.n.04] as in: refusal to approve or assent to

'Prohibition'

[prohibition.n.05] as in: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Examples:
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
he ignored his parents' forbiddance

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