prohibitions

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beveragesExamples: "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"Synonyms: prohibition

2. a decree that prohibits somethingSynonyms: ban, prohibition, proscription

3. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendmentSynonyms: prohibition, prohibition era

4. refusal to approve or assent toSynonyms: prohibition

5. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)Examples: "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"Synonyms: forbiddance, inhibition, prohibition