Forbiddance

for·bid  (fr-bd, fôr-)

tr.v. for·bade (-bd, -bd) or for·bad (-bd), for·bid·den (-bdn) or for·bid, for·bid·ding, for·bids

1. To command (someone) not to do something: I forbid you to go.

2. To command against the doing or use of (something); prohibit: forbid smoking on trains.

3. To have the effect of preventing; preclude: Discretion forbids a reply.

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[Middle English forbidden, forbeden, from Old English forbodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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for·biddance n.

for·bidder n.

Synonyms: forbid, ban¹, enjoin, interdict, prohibit, proscribe
These verbs mean to refuse to allow: laws that forbid speeding; banned smoking; was enjoined from broadcasting; interdict trafficking in drugs; rules that prohibit loitering; proscribed the importation of certain fruits.

Antonym: permit

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forbiddance - an official prohibition or edict against something banning, forbidding, ban prohibition - refusal to approve or assent to test ban - a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
	2.	forbiddance - 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" inhibition, prohibition action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"