interdiction
interdiction Lexical Profile
interdiction Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The action of intercepting and preventing the movement of prohibited goods, contraband, or hostile forces before they reach their destination.
"Maritime patrols increased their interdiction of illegal fishing vessels in the protected marine reserve."
An authoritative prohibition, decree, or formal ban against a specific action or practice.
"The regulatory agency issued a strict interdiction against the importation of uncertified agricultural goods."
An ecclesiastical censure in the Roman Catholic Church that excludes a person or community from participating in certain sacraments and liturgy without imposing excommunication.
"The medieval monarch relented only after the pope threatened the entire realm with papal interdiction."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Old French interdiction, from Latin interdictionem ('a prohibiting'), a noun of action from interdicere ('to forbid, prohibit by decree'), formed from inter- ('between') and dicere ('to say, speak').