FORBIDDANCE - Definition

Pronunciation:		fur'bidns
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" [n] an official prohibition or edict against something

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	Synonyms:	ban, banning, forbidding, inhibition, prohibition

	See Also:	action, prohibition, test ban

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\For*bid"dance\, n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.] ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. --Milton.