FORBIDDANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forbiddance mean? 

• FORBIDDANCE (noun)
  The noun FORBIDDANCE has 2 senses:

1. an official prohibition or edict against something

2. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

  Familiarity information: FORBIDDANCE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORBIDDANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An official prohibition or edict against something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ban; banning; forbiddance; forbidding

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forbiddance; inhibition; prohibition

Context example:

he ignored his parents' forbiddance

Hypernyms ("forbiddance" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Derivation:

forbid (command against)