Dictionary:

interdict

  (ĭn'tər-dĭkt')

1. To prohibit or place under an ecclesiastical or legal sanction.
2. To forbid or debar, especially authoritatively. See synonyms at forbid.
3. 1. To cut or destroy (a line of communication) by firepower so as to halt an enemy's advance.
   2. To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of: “the role of the FBI in interdicting spies attempting to pass US secrets to the Soviet Union” (Christian Science Monitor).

1. Law. A prohibition by court order.
2. Roman Catholic Church. An ecclesiastical censure that excludes a person or district from participation in most sacraments and from Christian burial.

[Alteration of Middle English enterditen, to place under a church ban, from Old French entredit, past participle of entredire, to forbid, from Latin interdīcere, interdict- : inter-, inter- + dīcere, to say.]

verb

To refuse to allow: ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, taboo. See allow/prevent.

noun

A coercive measure intended to ensure compliance or conformity: interdiction, penalty, sanction. See reward/punish/deserve.

Definition: prohibition
Antonyms: permission

v

Definition: prohibit
Antonyms: permit

v. 1. impede (an enemy force), especially by aerial bombing of lines of communication or supply.

2. intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person): the police established roadblocks throughout the country for interdicting drugs.

interdiction n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A papal prohibition which could operate at various levels. A general interdict could be imposed only by the pope. Pope Alexander III placed Scotland under an interdict when William the Lion rejected the papal nominee to the see of St Andrews in 1178, and Innocent III issued an interdict against England when John in 1206 refused to accept Stephen Langton as archbishop of Canterbury. The Scottish interdict ended in a compromise after ten years. Innocent's interdict forbade all ceremonies save baptism of infants and confessions for the dying. John resisted strongly but in 1213, beset by baronial opposition, he surrendered completely, agreeing to hold his kingdom as the pope's vassal. The interdict was lifted in 1214.

Interdict can refer to several things:

• In law, an interdict is a court order enforcing or, more commonly, prohibiting a certain action; a synonym for "injunction". Types of interdicts include: a restraining order (where, for instance a person is prevented from threatening, harassing, or abusing another person); a suppression or "gagging" order (where, for instance, a newspaper is prevented from making certain information public); and an enforcement order (where, for instance, a company is forced to withhold wages from a person who has failed to meet maintenance or other financial obligations).
• In the Roman Catholic Church, interdict is an ecclesiastical penalty which (temporarily) bars a specific person or group of people from receiving the sacraments.
• A type of shield or military defense against attack.
• Conversely, the act of attacking or interrupting a military logistics system, for example air interdiction.
• In Roman Law, it was (under the name interdictum) an order of a "praetor"

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forbud, interdikt
v. tr. - forbyde

Nederlands (Dutch)
verbieden, vernietigen, schorsen

Français (French)
n. - (Jur) interdiction, (Relig) interdit
v. tr. - (gén, Jur, Relig) interdire

Deutsch (German)
v. - verbieten
n. - Verbot

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαγορεύω
n. - απαγόρευση

Italiano (Italian)
proibire, interdetto

Português (Portuguese)
v. - interditar
n. - interdição (f)

Русский (Russian)
запрещение, отлучение, запрещать, препятствовать

Español (Spanish)
n. - entredicho, interdicto, prohibición
v. tr. - interdecir, prohibir, entredecir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förbjuda
n. - förbud, interdikt (kyrkl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
禁令, 禁止, 封锁, 制止, 阻断

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 禁令, 禁止
v. tr. - 禁止, 封鎖, 制止, 阻斷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 금지, 파문,성직정지
v. tr. - 금지하다, (폭격 등으로) 수송을 방해하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 命令, 禁止令, 禁制
v. - 禁止する, 使用を禁止する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يمنع, يحرم, يدمر (الاسم) منع, تحريم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮איסור, חרם כנסייתי, צו מניעה‬
v. tr. - ‮אסר על, החרים, הרס (קו אספקה), מנע (התקפה), ריסן‬

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