the act of prohibiting.

the legal prohibiting of the manufacture and sale of alcoholic drinks for common consumption.

( often initial capital letter ) the period (1920?33) when the Eighteenth Amendment was in force and alcoholic beverages could not legally be manufactured, transported, or sold in the U.S.

a law or decree that forbids.

noun

allowance , clearance , permission

noun

bar , constraint , disallowance , don’t , embargo , exclusion , injunction , interdict , interdiction , negation , no-no , obstruction , off limits , out of bounds , prevention , proscription , refusal , repudiation , restriction , taboo , temperance , veto , ban , inhibition , tabu