FORBIDDANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)

Example:

he ignored his parents' forbiddance

Synonyms:

forbiddance; inhibition; prohibition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("forbiddance" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Derivation:

forbid (command against)

Meaning:

An official prohibition or edict against something

Synonyms:

ban; banning; forbiddance; forbidding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("forbiddance" is a kind of...):

prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forbiddance"):

test ban (a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons)

Derivation:

forbid (command against)