forbiddance
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It came late in the first set, after Williams and Konta had tugged-of-war to 4-4 with a total forbiddance of service breaks.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
His second, too, shouted to the crowd, using the Baron's name to enforce his words, but he might as well have shrieked forbiddance to the incoming tide.
From Princess Maritza by Percy James Brebner
Know that this lady Tohfah is my sister and that her biddance is my biddance and her forbiddance my forbiddance.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
The Father's No. Shutting us in with its grand, gentle forbiddance.
From The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
In spite of the formal forbiddance of the Bishop of Petræa, he undertook, strong in what he judged to be his rights, to betake himself to Montreal.
From The Makers of Canada: Bishop Laval by Adrien Leblond de Brumath
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