forbidding | Definition of forbidding

forbidding

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of forbidding

the act of ordering that something not be done or used

the landlord's forbidding of loud music after 10:00 p.m.

Synonyms of forbidding

banning, barring, enjoining, interdicting, interdiction, outlawing, prohibiting, prohibition, proscribing, proscription

Words Related to forbidding

bidding, charging, decreeing, dictation, direction, instruction

deterrence, discouragement, dissuading

repression, suppression

coercion, compulsion, constraint, force

Near Antonyms of forbidding

allowance, permission, sufferance, toleration

approval, endorsement (also indorsement)

authorization, clearance, license (or licence), sanction

encouragement, promotion, support

compliance, obedience, submission