Meaning & Definition of Prohibition in English

1. A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

• "In 1920 the 18th amendment to the constitution established prohibition in the us"

2. A decree that prohibits something

3. The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the united states by a constitutional amendment

4. Refusal to approve or assent to

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"