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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to prevent, refuse to allow, or prohibit;

e.g. She forbid her brother from stepping foot inside her room.

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Similar Words

Ban

Bar

Countermand

Decertify

Delegitimize

Disbar

Disempower

Disenfranchise

Disfranchise

Enjoin

Interdict

Outlaw

Override

Overrule

Prohibit

Proscribe

Rebuff

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Opposite Words

Abet

Abide

Accredit

Advance

Allow

Approbate

Approve

Authorize

Bear

Bid

Brook

Certify

Charter

Clear

Command

Commission

Confirm

Countenance

Credential

Cultivate

Decriminalize

Empower

Enable

Encourage

Endorse

Endure

Entitle

Finalize

Formalize

Forward

Foster

Further

Have

Homologate

Incubate

Invest

Leave

Legalize

Legitimize

Let

License

Nourish

Nurse

Nurture

OK

Order

Permit

Privilege

Promote

Qualify

Ratification

Ratify

Revalidate

Rubber-stamp

Sanction

Suffer

Support

Tolerate

Vest

Vouchsafe

Warrant

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Related Words

Abate

Abolish

Abrogate

Annul

At

Avert

Avoid

Block

Bridle

Cancel

Check

Criminalize

Crush

Curb

Debar

Decline

Deny

Deprive

Deselect

Deter

Disallow

Disapprove

Discourage

Dissolve

Dissuade

Embargo

Exclude

Forestall

Halt

Help

Hinder

Impede

Inhibit

Invalidate

Negate

Negative

Nix

Null

Nullify

Obstruct

Obviate

Outlaw

Pass

Preclude

Prevent

Quash

Quell

Refuse

Reject

Repeal

Repress

Repudiate

Rescind

Restrain

Set-aside

Silence

Spurn

Squash

Squelch

Stop

Subdue

Suppress

Turndown

Vacate

Veto

Void

Withhold

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