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INTERDICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
Synonyms:
interdict; interdiction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interdiction" is a kind of...):
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)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Authoritative prohibition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interdiction" is a kind of...):
prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)
Derivation:
interdict (command against)
