interdiction

Other forms: interdictions

Definitions of interdiction
  1. noun
    authoritative prohibition
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    type of:
    prohibition
    refusal to approve or assent to
  2. noun
    a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
    synonyms: interdict
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    court order
    a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something
    ban, prohibition, proscription
    a decree that prohibits something
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"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 4

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"Paradise Lost" by John Milton, Book VII

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