Forbiddance Definition

forbiddance
noun
  1. an official prohibition or edict against something
  2. 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"

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