1. The action of prohibiting, inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
   "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter";
   - inhibition, forbiddance
    
2. A decree that prohibits something
   "The prohibition on smoking in public places was widely enforced";
   - ban, proscription
    
3. (law) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
   "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
    
4. The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
   "Speakeasies became popular during the Prohibition era";
   - prohibition era
    
5. Refusal to approve or assent to
   "The prohibition of certain books in schools has been a controversial issue"

Derived forms: prohibitions

Type of: action, decree, edict, fiat, law, order, period, period of time, refusal, rescript, time period, time span

Encyclopedia: Prohibition