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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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