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forbiddance

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for⋅bid⋅dance

  [fer-bid-ns, fawr-]
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–noun
1. the act of forbidding.
2. the state of being forbidden.
Origin:
1600–10; forbid + -ance
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for·bid   (fər-bĭd', fôr-)   
tr.v.   for·bade (-bād', -bād') or for·bad (-bād'), 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.


[Middle English forbidden, forbeden, from Old English forbēodan; see bheudh- in Indo-European roots.]
for·bid'dance n., for·bid'der n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to refuse to allow: laws that forbid speeding; banned smoking; was enjoined from broadcasting; interdict trafficking in drugs; rules that prohibit loitering; proscribed the importation of certain fruits.
Antonym: permit
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