Antonyms for tabooing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : tuh-boo, ta- |
| Phonetic Transcription : təˈbu, tæ- |
- accede
- accept
- acknowledge
- add
- admit
- advance
- affirm
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- authorize
- believe
- choose
- claim
- concede
- concur
- confess
- continue
- corroborate
- credit
- embrace
- encourage
- facilitate
- favor
- forward
- free
- go
- go along
- grant
- help
- include
- keep
- legalize
- let go
- OK
- permit
- praise
- promote
- push
- ratify
- release
- sanction
- support
- trust
- validate
- welcome
Definition of tabooing
Origin :- 1777 (in Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean"), "consecrated, inviolable, forbidden, unclean or cursed," explained in some English sources as being from Tongan (Polynesian language of the island of Tonga) ta-bu "sacred," from ta "mark" + bu "especially." But this may be folk etymology, as linguists in the Pacific have reconstructed an irreducable Proto-Polynesian *tapu, from Proto-Oceanic *tabu "sacred, forbidden" (cf. Hawaiian kapu "taboo, prohibition, sacred, holy, consecrated;" Tahitian tapu "restriction, sacred;" Maori tapu "be under ritual restriction, prohibited"). The noun and verb are English innovations first recorded in Cook's book.
- As in inhibit : verb restrict, prevent
- As in outlaw : verb prohibit; make illegal
- As in prohibit : verb make impossible; stop
- As in interdict : verb destroy
- As in deny : verb disagree, renounce, decline
- As in disallow : verb reject, prohibit
- As in enjoin : verb forbid
- As in except : verb leave out
- As in forbid : verb outlaw, prohibit an action
- I inferred rightly that my notoriety was what was tabooing me.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
- No doubt there was a time when the stage was so profligate that the Puritans were justified in tabooing it altogether.
- Extract from : « Chopin and Other Musical Essays » by Henry T. Finck
- There is, indeed, a positive harm that results from the tabooing of the theatre by religious people.
- Extract from : « Chopin and Other Musical Essays » by Henry T. Finck
- The clubs all forbid poker, but the tabooing order is more honored in its breach than its observance.
- Extract from : « Chicago, Satan's Sanctum » by L. O. Curon
- The tabooing was a less ornamental but more decidedly useful formality, for by it his person was declared sacred and inviolable.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 » by Various
- But I can't lose a day of this wonder, and fortunately dear Aunt Ann never dreams of tabooing my sight-seeing.
- Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch
Synonyms for tabooing
- abjure
- abnegate
- arrest
- avert
- ban
- banish
- bar
- bate
- begrudge
- bit
- block
- bottle up
- box in
- bridle
- bring to screeching halt
- call on
- cancel
- censor
- check
- condemn
- constrain
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- cool
- cork
- count out
- cramp
- curb
- damn
- debar
- declare illegal
- deny
- deprive
- disacknowledge
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- disclaim
- discourage
- discredit
- dismiss
- disown
- disprove
- doubt
- eliminate
- embargo
- enjoin
- enjoin from
- eschew
- exclude
- exempt
- expostulate
- faze
- forbid
- forestall
- forfend
- forgo
- forsake
- freeze
- frustrate
- gainsay
- gridlock
- halt
- hamper
- hang up
- hinder
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- hold up
- illegalize
- impede
- inhibit
- interdict
- inveigh
- jam up
- keep back
- keep in
- keep lid on
- kill
- lock up
- negate
- negative
- nix
- not buy
- nullify
- object
- obstruct
- obviate
- omit
- oppose
- outlaw
- pass on
- pass over
- place injunction on
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- protest
- put a lock on
- put a stopper in
- put chill on
- put down
- put half nelson on
- put on brakes
- put the chill on
- rebuff
- rebut
- recant
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- remonstrate
- repress
- repudiate
- restrain
- restrict
- revoke
- rule out
- sacrifice
- sandbag
- say no
- say no to
- shut down
- shut out
- spike
- spurn
- stop
- stymie
- suppress
- suspend
- taboo
- take exception to
- throw cold water on
- tie up
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- veto
- ward
- withhold
- zing
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