for·bid·dance /fɝˈbɪdṇ(t)s, fɔr-/
For·bid·dance n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]
How hast thou yield to transgress
The strict forbiddance. --Milton.
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forbiddance
n 1: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: ban,
banning, forbidding]
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" [syn: prohibition,
inhibition]