verb
- Command against.
- usage: "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
- Keep from happening or arising; make impossible.
- usage: "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
adjective
- Excluded from use or mention.
- usage: "forbidden fruit"; "in our house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo subject"
- synonyms: out, prohibited, proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten
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