Hypertext Webster Gateway: "interdiction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Interdiction \In`ter*dic"tion\, n. [L. interdictio: cf. F.
interdiction.]
The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree;
curse; interdict.
The truest issue of thy throne By his own interdiction
stands accurst. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
interdiction
n 1: authoritative prohibition
2: a decree that prohibits something [syn: {prohibition}, {ban},
{proscription}]
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