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Prohibition
- noun - a decree that prohibits something
- a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages; "in 1920 the 18th amendment to the Constitution established prohibition in the US"
- refusal to approve or assent to
- the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
- the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
Proletarian
- adjective - a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!"
- belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
Promanation
- - The act of flowing forth; emanation; efflux.
Propagation
- noun - the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
- the movement of a wave through a medium
- the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
Proper Noun
- noun - a noun that denotes a particular thing; usually capitalized
Properation
- - The act of hastening; haste.
Propination
- - The act of pledging, or drinking first, and then offering the cup to another.
Proposition
- noun - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
- a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
- a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
- an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
- suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"
- the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
Prorogation
- noun - discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
Prosecution
- noun - the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion
- the institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior
- the lawyers acting for the state to put the case against the defendant