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Noun: forbiddance  fur'bid(u)ns
  1. An official prohibition or edict against something
    - ban, banning, forbidding
     
  2. The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
    "he ignored his parents' forbiddance"
    - prohibition, inhibition

Derived forms: forbiddances

See also: forbid

Type of: action, prohibition

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