prohibition

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

pro·hi·bi·tion (prō'ə-bĭshʹən)n.
1. The act of prohibiting or the condition of being prohibited.
2. A law, order, or decree that forbids something.
3.
a. The forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
b. Prohibition The period (1920-1933) during which the 18th Amendment forbidding the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was in force in the United States.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inhibition, forbiddance, prohibition era, ban, proscription