interdict
[verb]
Synonyms: forbid, ban, enjoin, inhibit, outlaw, prohibit, taboo

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Antonyms: sanction

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in‧ter‧dict /ˈɪntədɪkt $ -ər-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: entredit, from Latin interdictum, from the past participle of interdicere 'to forbid']

1. law an official order from a court telling someone not to do something

2. technical a punishment in the Roman Catholic Church, by which someone is not allowed to take part in church ceremonies
—interdict /ˌɪntəˈdɪkt $ -ər-/ verb [transitive]
—interdiction /-ˈdɪkʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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