prohibition
Definition
- n. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
- n. a decree that prohibits something
- n. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
- n. refusal to approve or assent to
Word forms
- Plural
- prohibitions
Example sentences
n.
The prohibition of smoking in public places has improved air quality.