FORBIDDANCE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
    • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
    • he ignored his parents” forbiddance
    Hypernyms(s) forbiddance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • an official prohibition or edict against something
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) forbiddance is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)