From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forbiddance \For*bid"dance\, noun The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing. [Obs.]
How hast thou yield to transgress The strict forbiddance. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
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}]
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