definition of
prohibition

[1] #1 prohibition n. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US". wn

[2] #2 prohibition n. [ban, proscription] a decree that prohibits something. wn

[3] #3 prohibition n. [prohibition era] the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. wn

[4] #4 prohibition n. refusal to approve or assent to. wn

[5] #5 prohibition n. [inhibition, forbiddance] 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". wn