prohibition

Plural: prohibitions

Noun

• a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
  • "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
• a decree that prohibits something
• the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
• refusal to approve or assent to
• the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
  • "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"
• An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
• A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
• A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.

Examples

• By its terms, the Twenty-Second Amendment bars only the election of two-term Presidents, and this prohibition would not prevent someone who had twice been elected President from succeeding to the office after having been elected or appointed Vice President. Broader language providing that no such person "shall be chosen or serve as President . . . or be eligible to hold the office" was rejected in favor of the Twenty-Second Amendment’s ban merely on election. (Amdt22.1 Overview of Twenty-Second Amendment, Presidential Term Limits, The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation)

Synonyms

ban, forbiddance, inhibition, prohibition era, proscription, forbode

Antonyms

permission

Related Words

prohibit, prohibitionary