Definition of "Prohibition" :

noun: the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

"They were restrained by a prohibition in their charter."

noun: a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages

"In 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US."

noun: a decree that prohibits something

noun: refusal to approve or assent to

noun: the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment