n.
The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]
How hast thou yield to transgressMilton.
The strict forbiddance.
forbiddance
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n.
| Thesaurus: forbiddance |
noun
- A refusal to allow: ban, disallowance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, taboo. See allow/prevent.
| WordNet: forbiddance |
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms: ban, banning, forbidding
Meaning #2:
the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Synonyms: prohibition, inhibition
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