Antonyms for forbidden

Grammar : Adj

Spell : fer-bid-n, fawr-

Phonetic Transcription : fərˈbɪd n, fɔr-

Definition of forbidden

Origin : Old English forbeodan "forbid, prohibit," from for- "against" + beodan "to command" (see bid). Common Germanic compound (cf. Dutch verbieden, Old High German farbiotan, German verbieten, Old Norse fyrirbjoða, Gothic faurbiudan "to forbid"). Related: Forbade; forbidden.

adj outlawed, prohibited

Example sentences :

Many other things I saw and heard, but was forbidden to relate.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Even now, he was engaged in committing that crime which she had forbidden him.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The book of rules stated explicitly that such things were forbidden.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

All lesser forms of lying are forbidden along with the greater.
Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump

Why have they not forbidden the sale of whiskey in all saloons?
Extract from : « Government by the Brewers? » by Adolph Keitel

You know we have forbidden you to take anything to eat before mealtime.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

The little one came out, for she knew that she ought not to do what was forbidden.
Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri

Where the forbidden thing is, no precaution can be too great.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

Biddy saw to it that Monny couldn't edge in a word on the forbidden subject.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

But the parliament were forbidden by authority to meddle in the affair.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

Synonyms for forbidden

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