interdicts

Meaning of interdicts

plural noun

an authoritative prohibition.

verb, 3rd person present
  1. prohibit or forbid (something).
    society will never interdict sex
  2. intercept and prevent the movement of (a prohibited commodity or person).
    army efforts to interdict enemy supply shipments

Middle English entredite (in the ecclesiastical sense), from Old French entredit, from Latin interdictum, past participle of interdicere ‘interpose, forbid by decree’, from inter- ‘between’ + dicere ‘say’. The spelling change in the 16th century was due to association with the Latin form.

Information about interdicts

  • The singular form of interdicts is: interdict.
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Hyphenation of interdicts

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  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • interdicts is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

interdicts synonyms

Meaning the action of forbidding something, especially by law:

prohibition

Meaning an official or legal prohibition:

ban

Meaning a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon:

bar

Meaning a rejection by right of veto:

veto

Meaning the action of forbidding something; banning:

proscription

Meaning the action of prohibiting or forbidding something:

interdiction

Meaning an official ban on any activity:

embargo

Meaning a temporary prohibition of an activity:

moratorium

Meaning an authoritative warning or order:

injunction

Meaning formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority:

prohibit

Meaning refuse to allow (something):

forbid

Meaning forbid, especially by law:

proscribe

Meaning refuse to declare valid:

disallow

Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:

debar

Meaning ban or make illegal:

outlaw

Meaning (of an event, action, or process) come to an end; cease to happen:

stop

Meaning make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible:

block

Meaning forcibly put an end to:

suppress

Meaning prohibit someone from performing (a particular action) by issuing an injunction:

enjoin

Meaning bar or preclude by estoppel:

estop

Meaning prevent (someone or something) from doing something; keep under control or within limits:

restrain

Meaning obstruct (someone or something) so as to prevent them from continuing to a destination:

intercept

Meaning block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of:

obstruct

Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:

impede

Meaning stop the continuous progress of (an activity or process):

interrupt

Meaning examine (something) in order to determine its accuracy, quality, or condition, or to detect the presence of something:

check

Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:

detain

interdicts antonyms

Meaning the action of officially allowing someone to do a particular thing; consent or authorization:

permission

Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:

permit

Anagrams of interdicts

distincter

Words that rhyme with interdicts

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