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forbids

VERB

outlaw, prohibit an action

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban block cancel censor deny deprive disallow enjoin exclude freeze halt hinder impede inhibit oppose preclude prevent proscribe restrain restrict rule out stop

STRONG

check debar embargo forestall forfend interdict nix obstruct obviate spike stymie taboo veto withhold

WEAK

declare illegal hold up lock up put the chill on say no shut down shut out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add admit advance aid allow approve assist continue encourage facilitate forward free go help include let go permit push release support welcome

WEAK

authorize sanction

Example Sentences

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Proposition 6: Forbids prisons from forcing inmates to work.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2024

The mind, not hasty at conclusion, Resists the onset of illusion, Forbids the sense to get the better, And ne'er believes it to the letter.

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

Between their sires the rival feud Forbids their plighted hearts to meet; Love's fruits hang over danger's gulf, By danger made more sweet.

From The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Schiller, Friedrich

My lord, I pity it, and with my heart Wish your release; but he whose wrath is death, My sovereign lord, renowmed 28 Tamburlaine, Forbids you further liberty than this.

From Tamburlaine the Great — Part 2 by Marlowe, Christopher

Forbids her to write any more to her daughter.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 by Richardson, Samuel