prohibition
An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
Other meanings
A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
A period of time when specific socially disapproved consumables are considered controlled substances.
Antonyms
- permission
Related words
- antiprohibition
- nonprohibition
- prohibitional
- prohibitionism
- prohibitionist
- prohibitionistic
- reprohibition
- writ of prohibition
Word history
From Latin "prohibitiō".
Where this comes from
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