prohibition

noun

1.
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
Derived from:
prohibitionist
2.
a decree that prohibits something
3.
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Derived from:
prohibitionist
4.
refusal to approve or assent to
5.
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Derived from:
prohibit