prohibition
noun
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- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US
Types & categories
- law hypernym
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Sense 2 noun
a decree that prohibits something
Types & categories
- decree hypernym
- banning-order hyponym
- enjoining hyponym
- interdict hyponym
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Sense 3 noun
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Types & categories
- period hypernym
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- dry derivation
Sense 4 noun
refusal to approve or assent to
Types & categories
- refusal hypernym
- interdiction hyponym
- forbiddance hyponym
Sense 5 noun
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
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- action hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | law |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | nix |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ban |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ban |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decree |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | banning-order |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | enjoining |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interdict |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dry |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | period |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | refusal |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | interdiction |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | forbiddance |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | suppress |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | nix |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | action |