NOUN
- an official prohibition or edict against something
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the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages
he ignored his parents' forbiddance
they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter
How To Use forbiddance In A Sentence
- he ignored his parents' forbiddance
- The forbiddance to disseminate information on how to deactivate copy protection measures, which goes against our freedom of speech. Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives
- Despite the forbiddance [prohibition] of Voice of America programming in Soviet countries, we still listened to Voice of America, putting ourselves and our families in real danger, he said. Remembering Willis Conover
- But in the case of Archbishop Lef. the assumed evilness is not intrinsically by the nature of the act i.e. consecrating a bishop, but only extrinsically by forbiddance of the act. Vatican Council II: An Open Discussion
- The allowness or forbiddance does not change the evilness of an intirinsically evil act. Vatican Council II: An Open Discussion
- But, as with sex, the years of mystery and forbiddance added a great deal to my overall experience. A Personal History of Profanity | Mind on Fire
- On pain of your forbiddance to the library, you must not ask this. THE BROKEN GOD
- And let me begin by echoing those words of gratitude, both for the forbiddance (ph) and understanding of the British people, but also, of course, to the security services and, indeed, to the police, here represented with us on the platform today. CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2006
- Its many civil liberties transgressions include the issuance by the executive branch of National Security Letters a form of administrative subpoena without a court order, and the forbiddance of American citizens from mentioning that they have received one of these letters at the risk of jail. Why Ron Paul Matters
- The forbiddance to distribute information or computer programs that can deactivate copy protection measures. Boing Boing: September 25, 2005 - October 1, 2005 Archives