prohibition

n. state of being forbidden; act of forbidding or prohibiting; law or decree which forbids something

n. (1919-1933) period during which the Eighteenth Amendment was in effect and the sale manufacture and transportation of alcoholic beverages was illegal (U.S. History)

Prohibition of alcohol, often shortened to the term prohibition, also known as Dry Law, refers to a sumptuary law in a given jurisdiction which prohibits alcohol. Typically, the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages is restricted or illegal. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the prohibition of alcohol was enforced. Usually the term as referred to a historical period is applied to countries of European culture. In the Muslim World, consumption of alcoholic beverages is sometimes forbidden according to Islamic Law.
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Noun
1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
(hypernym) law
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a decree that prohibits something
(synonym) ban, proscription
(hypernym) decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
(hyponym) banning-order
3. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
(synonym) prohibition era
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
4. refusal to approve or assent to
(hypernym) refusal
(hyponym) interdiction
5. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
(synonym) inhibition, forbiddance
(hypernym) action
(derivation) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow

n. prohibition, state of being forbidden; act of forbidding

n. prohibition, interdict