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prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance | the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | ||
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prohibition, prohibition era | the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment | ||
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prohibition | refusal to approve or assent to | ||
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prohibition | [in law] a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages | ||
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prohibition, ban, proscription | a decree that prohibits something |