interdict - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Interdict means to forbid, to nix, to veto. If your parents find out you're planning a party for a time when they're away , they will interdict it.

If your principal has interdicted gum-chewing at school, he might set up a few random check points, interdicting gum-chewing students with detentions and a command to instantly spit out their offensive, long-lasting candy. To interdict, pope-style, is to in essence excommunicate, or prohibit a person or especially a place from the functions and privileges of the church.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: interdict

1	n v	an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district command against
2	v	destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: interdict

1

n an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district

Type of:: animadversion, censure
harsh criticism or disapproval

n a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Synonyms:: interdiction

Type of:: court order
a writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something; ban, prohibition, proscription
a decree that prohibits something

v command against

Synonyms:: disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto

Antonyms:: allow, countenance, let, permit
consent to, give permission; allow, grant
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prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; bar, debar, exclude
prevent from entering; keep out; enjoin
issue an injunction; criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw
declare illegal; outlaw; ban, censor
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Type of:: command, require
make someone do something

2

v destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

Type of:: destroy, destruct
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of