unforbidden

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Linked essays examine the idea that forbidden pleasures have a tendency to obscure the meaningfulness to our lives of the unforbidden ones.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2016

We began being "unforbidden" when we started building motorways in the early 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2011

Sudden heaving, unforbidden Sighs eternal, still the same— Mounts of snow have summits hidden In the mists of uttered flame.

From Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women by MacDonald, George

There were no scarecrows about and no one ever made an effort to drive the birds away, so they were accustomed to plucking the unforbidden fruit of this garden.

From The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Vandercook, Margaret

It was a vigil, and therefore meat, eggs, and butter were forbidden; but luxury, apart from these, being unforbidden to such as preferred the letter to the spirit, the meal was sufficiently appetising, notwithstanding this.

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)