forbiddance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an official prohibition or edict against something
    ban; forbidding; banning.
  2. noun the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
    inhibition; prohibition.
    • they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
    • a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
    • he ignored his parents' forbiddance

WordNet


For*bid"dance noun
Definitions
  1. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. Obs.
    ow hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. Milton.

Webster 1913