forbiddance
English
Noun
forbiddance (countable and uncountable, plural forbiddances)
- An act of forbidding, prohibition; an official edict against something.
- 1786 August 16, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
- [T]hat such Shows should be prohibited is very rational & proper—it is however curious to see how little forbiddance is necessary; for these Superstitious Brutalities die away of themselves gradually […] .
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- "forbiddance" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
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