interdictnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.tə.dɪkt/us/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.dɪkt/specializedlaw an official instruction from a law court telling someone that they are not allowed to do something
religion an instruction from the Roman Catholic Church telling someone they are not allowed to take part in official Church activities
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forbidding and banning things
- abolish
- abolitionist
- ban
- bar
- blacklist
- clean
- clean (sth) up
- curfew
- debar
- deny
- disallow
- disqualify
- nix
- out of bounds idiom
- outlaw
- prohibit
- prohibition
- proscribe
- unauthorized
- veto
See more results »