prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance
(noun) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); “they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter”; “a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages”; “he ignored his parents’ forbiddance”
prohibition
(noun) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; “in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
prohibition, ban, proscription
(noun) a decree that prohibits something
prohibition
(noun) refusal to approve or assent to
prohibition, prohibition era
(noun) the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prohibition (countable and uncountable, plural prohibitions)
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.
• forbode
• permission
Prohibition
(history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal,
(Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro`hi*bi"tion, n. Etym: [L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition.]
1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. Tillotson.
2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages. Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it. Blackstone.
Note: By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 November 2024
(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
