PROHIBITION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
   Synonym(s)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • inhibition (what does inhibition mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
   • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
   • he ignored his parents” forbiddance
   Hypernyms(s) prohibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
   • suppress (what does suppress mean?)
   • stamp down (what does stamp down mean?)
   • inhibit (what does inhibit mean?)
   • subdue (what does subdue mean?)
   • conquer (what does conquer mean?)
   • curb (what does curb mean?)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
   Usage Example(s)
   • in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
   Hypernyms(s) prohibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • law (what does law mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a decree that prohibits something
   Synonym(s)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • proscription (what does proscription mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prohibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • decree (what does decree mean?)
   • edict (what does edict mean?)
   • fiat (what does fiat mean?)
   • order (what does order mean?)
   • rescript (what does rescript mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • banning-order (what does banning-order mean?)
   • injunction (what does injunction mean?)
   • enjoining (what does enjoining mean?)
   • enjoinment (what does enjoinment mean?)
   • cease and desist order (what does cease and desist order mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • interdiction (what does interdiction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • forbid (what does forbid mean?)
   • prohibit (what does prohibit mean?)
   • interdict (what does interdict mean?)
   • proscribe (what does proscribe mean?)
   • veto (what does veto mean?)
   • disallow (what does disallow mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • censor (what does censor mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
4. Meaning
   • refusal to approve or assent to
   Hypernyms(s) prohibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • refusal (what does refusal mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • interdiction (what does interdiction mean?)
   • ban (what does ban mean?)
   • banning (what does banning mean?)
   • forbiddance (what does forbiddance mean?)
   • forbidding (what does forbidding mean?)
5. Meaning
   • the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
   Synonym(s)
   • prohibition era (what does prohibition era mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) prohibition is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • time period (what does time period mean?)
   • period of time (what does period of time mean?)
   • period (what does period mean?)