Forbiddance

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forbiddance \For*bid"dance\, n.
     The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against
     a thing. [Obs.]
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           How hast thou yield to transgress


           The strict forbiddance.                  --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  forbiddance
       n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: {ban},
             {banning}, {forbidding}]
       2: 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" [syn: {prohibition},
           {inhibition}]