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forbiddance

[fer-bid-ns, fawr-]

noun

the act of forbidding.

the state of being forbidden.

Origin:
1600–10; forbid + -ance

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forbid (fəˈbɪd)

—vb , -bids, -bidding, -bade, -bad, -bidden, -bid
1.	to prohibit (a person) in a forceful or authoritative manner (from doing something or having something)
2.	to make impossible; hinder
3.	to shut out or exclude
4.	God forbid! may it not happen

[Old English forbēodan; related to Old High German farbiotan, Gothic faurbiudan; see for-, bid]

for'biddance

—n

for'bidder

—n

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