Webster's English Dictionary

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prohibition

pro.hi.bi.tion \.pro--*-'bish-*n also .pro--h*-\ n 1: the act of 
   prohibiting by authority  2: an order to restrain or stop  3: the 
   forbidding by law of the sale and sometimes the manufacture and tran 
   sportation of alcoholic liquors as beverages