prohibition, n.
(prohibitions)
freq. cnt. 6
(prohibitions)
freq. cnt. 6
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
prohibition
sample sentences
"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
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derivationally related form
a decree that prohibits something
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
ban prohibition proscription
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hyponym
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
<noun.time> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
prohibition prohibition era
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hypernym
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
<noun.act>
forbiddance inhibition prohibition
sample sentences
"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter""a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"
"he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
refusal to approve or assent to
<noun.communication>
prohibition