prohibition

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  1. noun The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  2. noun A law, order, or decree that forbids something.
  3. noun The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
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  • The only exceptions to the prohibition were the Duke of Bridgwater, who made his bow to her one afternoon, inquired after her health, and congratulated her on her act of bravery, and Lord Francis Kneller, who paid a courtesy call and was invited to Miss Downes's boudoir, where her grace's maid played chaperon. —  Mary Balogh - The Famous Heroine
  • Stolen elections and WMDs, corporate thievery and hemp / marijuana prohibition are all part of the Great Divide. —  t r u t h o u t
  • Supporters of the ban have acknowledged the prohibition is aimed at gays. —  Bladewire - Washington Blade
  • This has rekindled debate on whether prohibition is a practical idea. —  The Times of India
  • The issue is whether prohibition is an effective tool to reduce drug usage, yet you continue to yammer on about the harmful effects of drugs. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
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restriction ·  injunction ·  regulation ·  sanction ·  mandate ·  exclusion ·  restraint ·  ordinance ·  ban ·  legislation ·  enactment ·  decree

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  1. Early modern English prohybycyon; from Old French (and F.) prohibition = Spanish prohibicion = Portuguese prohibição = Italian proibizione, from Latin prohibitio(n-), a hindering or forbidding, prohibition, from prohibere, past participle prohibitus, hold back, forbid: see prohibit.
 

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/proʊhɪˈbɪʃən/
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