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pro·hi·bi·tion

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NOUN:

The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
A law, order, or decree that forbids something.
1. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
2. Prohibition The period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.

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