PROHIBITION

/ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən/ ► audio Scrabble 18 Words With Friends 20

Scrabble letter values: P₃R₁O₁H₄I₁B₃I₁T₁I₁O₁N₁ = 18

Definition

noun a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages.
noun a decree that prohibits something. — synonyms: ban, proscription
noun the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. — synonyms: prohibition_era
noun refusal to approve or assent to.
noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). — synonyms: inhibition, forbiddance

“in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US”
“they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter”
“a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages”