prohibition

noun

1. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages"in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
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
4. refusal to approve or assent to
5. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)"they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"