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(noun) forbiddance, inhibition
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter; a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages; he ignored his parents' forbiddance
(noun) proscription, ban
a decree that prohibits something
(noun) prohibition era
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment