Meaning : A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Example :
In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US.
Meaning : The period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment.
Synonyms : prohibition era
Meaning : Refusal to approve or assent to.
Meaning : The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof).
Example :
They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter.
A medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages.
He ignored his parents' forbiddance.
Synonyms : forbiddance, inhibition