Prohibition — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ban verb To officially forbid something.
- prohibition noun An act of forbidding something, or a rule that forbids it.
Senses
Prohibition is used for these senses in English:
- Prohibition (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
- ban A prohibition.
- prohibition An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
ban — full definition
- verb To officially forbid something.
- noun An official prohibition.
prohibition — full definition
- noun An act of forbidding something, or a rule that forbids it.
- noun A period during which the making and selling of alcohol was made illegal.