forbiddance

American  

[fer-bid-ns, fawr-] / fərˈbɪd ns, fɔr- /

noun

1. the act of forbidding.

2. the state of being forbidden.

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Etymology

Origin of forbiddance

First recorded in 1600–10; forbid + -ance

Example Sentences

It came late in the first set, after Williams and Konta had tugged-of-war to 4-4 with a total forbiddance of service breaks.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2017

It seemed, as she spoke it, introduced simply to add peremptoriness to her forbiddance.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

That, despite the peremptory and categorical forbiddance by Bodley, Selden, and others, of lending Bodleian books and MSS., loans of both have for upwards of two centuries formed a precedent.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 14 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Rather, how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance, how to violate The sacred fruit forbidden!

From Paradise Lost by Milton, John

He thought wistfully of the welsher's peremptory forbiddance of all compromise—of the welsher's inexorable command to "wring the fine-feathered bird," lose whatever might be lost by it.

From Under Two Flags by Ouida