n. an official prohibition or edict against something.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of forbidding, or the state of being forbidden; prohibition; a command or edict against a thing.
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n. an official prohibition or edict against something
n. the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof)
Word Usage
"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."