What does forbiddance mean?

Definitions for forbiddance
fərˈbɪd ns, fɔr-for·bid·dance

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbiddingnoun

    an official prohibition or edict against something

  2. prohibition, inhibition, forbiddancenoun

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. forbiddancenoun

    an official prohibition or edict against something.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Forbiddancenoun

    Prohibition; edict against any thing.

    Etymology: from forbid.

    How hast thou yielded to transgress
    The strict forbiddance! how to violate
    The sacred fruit forbidden! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

ChatGPT

  1. forbiddance

    Forbiddance is the act or instance of prohibiting, banning or not allowing something. It refers to the state under which a certain action, activity or substance has been officially or legally ordered to not be done, used or engaged in.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forbiddancenoun

    the act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forbiddance in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forbiddance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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