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What does prohibition mean?

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Noun
  1. An act of prohibiting, forbidding, disallowing, or proscribing something.
  2. A law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
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The reason for the prohibition of work was so that man could be renewed and refreshed by having one whole day that work could not claim.
I would draw an analogy to the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishments.
Homer turns bootlegger when Springfield enforces an antiquated prohibition law.
There is no legal prohibition denying the Community the right to accept liability for private acts of its servants.
When the movement to legalize abortion began, advocates talked about the human costs of prohibition.
On the other side of drunkenness there is a no less committed balance of prohibition and abstinence in England.

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