Definitions:

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages noun
   • in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
2. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) noun
   • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter

Synonyms:

• ban
• forbiddance
• inhibition
• prohibition era
• proscription

NearBy Words:

• prohibitionist