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prohibition
Definition:
(nou) a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (nou) a decree that prohibits something (nou) the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment (nou) refusal to approve or assent to (nou) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Phonetic Transcription:
ˌprəʊɪˈbɪʃən
Examples:
This is the contract of prohibition.
The prohibition was upheld by the court.
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