Definition of Forbiddance

1. Noun. An official prohibition or edict against something.

Exact synonyms: Ban, Banning, Forbidding
Generic synonyms: Prohibition
Specialized synonyms: Test Ban
Derivative terms: Ban, Ban, Forbid, Forbid

2. Noun. The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof). "He ignored his parents' forbiddance"
Exact synonyms: Inhibition, Prohibition
Generic synonyms: Action
Derivative terms: Forbid, Inhibit, Prohibit

Definition of Forbiddance

1. n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

Definition of Forbiddance

1. Noun. an official prohibition or edict against something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forbiddance

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forbiddance

forbathe
forbear
forbearance
forbearances
forbearant
forbeare
forbearer
forbearers
forbearing
forbearingly
forbears
forbeat
forbid
forbidal
forbidals
forbiddance (current term)
forbiddances
forbidden
forbidden fruit
forbidden fruit is the sweetest
forbiddenly
forbidder
forbidders
forbiddest
forbiddeth
forbidding
forbiddingly
forbids
forbise
forbisen

Literary usage of Forbiddance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Institutes of the Civil Law of Spain by Ignacio Jordán de Assó y del Río, Miquel de Manuel y Rodríquez (1825)
"P. 3., quoted, of the party's proceeding in the work after having been admonished to desist is that, whether such forbiddance mav have been made with right ..."

2. The Paradise Lost of Milton by John Milton (1858)
"Rather, how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance, how to violate The sacred fruit forbidden ! Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguil'd ..."

3. The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Milton, John Mitford, Walter Scott (1850)
"Rather how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance, how to violate The sacred fruit ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Forbiddance on Dictionary.com!Search for Forbiddance on Thesaurus.com!Search for Forbiddance on Google!Search for Forbiddance on Wikipedia!

Search