forbiddance

for·bid

 (fər-bĭd′, fôr-)

tr.v. for·bade (-băd′, -bād′) or for·bad (-băd′), for·bid·den (-bĭd′n) 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 forbēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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for·bid′dance n.

for·bid′der n.

Synonyms: forbid, ban¹, prohibit, proscribe
These verbs mean to refuse to allow: laws that forbid speeding; banned smoking in restaurants; rules that prohibit loitering; proscribed the importation of certain fruits.

Antonym: permit¹

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for•bid•dance

(fərˈbɪd ns, fɔr-)

n.

the act of forbidding.

[1600–10]

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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"

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forbiddance

noun

A refusal to allow:

ban, disallowance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, taboo.

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