noun
interdiction
An official order forbidding an activity.
The court's interdiction prevents the company from dumping waste.
Etymology
Latin interdicere means to forbid by declaration. Interdiction names that authoritative prohibition rather than merely a personal objection.
More examples
- The mayor issues an interdiction on outdoor burning during the drought.
- Residents challenge the interdiction against fishing in the reservoir.
- The council lifts its interdiction on street performances.
Forms
interdiction · interdictions
interdict verb — To forbid something by official order.
Similar words
- prohibition
- A broader term for forbidding something, officially or otherwise.
- ban
- A more everyday word for an official prohibition.
- injunction
- A court order that may forbid or require action.