prohibition

Meanings

• a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages;
• "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
• a decree that prohibits something
• the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
• refusal to approve or assent to
• the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof);
• "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"

Synonyms

• ban
• proscription
• prohibition era
• inhibition
• forbiddance

Scrabble Score: 18

prohibition is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

prohibition is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

prohibition is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

prohibition is a valid Words With Friends word

Anagrams of prohibition