Definition of: prohibition

(prō′ə·bish′ən) noun
1. The act of prohibiting, preventing, or stopping; also, a decree or order forbidding anything; an interdiction.
2. The forbidding of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages: instituted in the United States effective January 16, 1920. See synonyms under BARRIER, ORDER. [<L prohibitio, -onis]