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FORBIDDANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Example:
he ignored his parents' forbiddance
Synonyms:
forbiddance; inhibition; prohibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forbiddance" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
forbid (command against)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An official prohibition or edict against something
Synonyms:
ban; banning; forbiddance; forbidding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("forbiddance" is a kind of...):
prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forbiddance"):
test ban (a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons)
Derivation:
forbid (command against)
