Prohibition Definition

prōə-bĭshən
prohibitions
noun
prohibitions
A prohibiting or being prohibited.
Webster's New World
An order or law that forbids.
Webster's New World
The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
Webster's New World

In the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of prohibition by federal law.

Webster's New World
A statute or order forbidding a particular action.
Webster's New World Law
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pronoun

(history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.

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Other Word Forms of Prohibition

Noun

Singular:
prohibition
Plural:
prohibitions

Prohibition Sentence Examples

  • He re-enacted the prohibition of appeal.

  • It aimed at the prohibition of discrimination between persons, places and commodities.

  • Among other things, Phillips contended, during his later years, for prohibition, woman suffrage and various penal and administrative reforms. He was not always the best judge of character, and was sometimes allied in these movements with men who were little more than demagogues.

  • The numerous projects, good and bad, that were inaugurated in 1866-1875, and the various kinds of laws and charters conferring special privileges that were secured, led to the constitutional prohibition of special legislation already mentioned.

  • He did not keep on good terms with William the Conqueror, and in 1075, disregarding the king's prohibition, married his sister Emma to Ralph Guader, earl of Norfolk, at the famous bridal of Norwich.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With P and Ending With N

Starts With P & Ends With NStarts With PR & Ends With NStarts With P & Ends With ON

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With N