Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun forbiddance

2 senses of forbiddance

Sense 1
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding -- (an official prohibition or edict against something)
       => prohibition -- (refusal to approve or assent to)

Sense 2
prohibition, inhibition, forbiddance -- (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")
       => action -- (something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions")