ˈbænɪŋ fɚˈbɪdɪŋ fəˈbɪdɪŋ ˌpɹəʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən ˌpɹoʊ(h)ɪˈbɪʃən 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 an official prohibition or edict against something