prohibition

prohibition is a 11-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
2. noun. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
3. noun. 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"

   Synonyms: forbiddance, inhibition

4. noun. a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

   "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"

5. noun. a decree that prohibits something

   Synonyms: ban, proscription

6. noun. refusal to approve or assent to
7. noun. the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment

Synonyms

forbiddance, inhibition, ban, proscription

Common word forms

prohibitions

Words from these letters

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