Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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prohibition | Yes | No | No | No |
interdiction | Yes | No | No | No |
prohibition (noun) | interdiction (noun) |
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the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof) | authoritative prohibition |
a decree that prohibits something | a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity |
refusal to approve or assent to | |
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages | |
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment |