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Meaning of Forbidding | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
fɚˈbɪdɪŋ

Definitions

The act by which something is forbidden; a prohibition.

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Examples

“But all these poor forbiddings could not stay him;”
“1920, St. John G. Ervine, The Foolish Lovers, London: W. Collins & Sons, Chapter 3, VIII, p. 228, All law was composed of hindrances and obstacles and forbiddings, and therefore he was entirely opposed to Law.”

CEFR level

C2
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