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pro·hi·bi·tion     (prō'ə-bĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
  2. 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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