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Past participle of the verb forbid.

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forbidden (comparative more forbidden, superlative most forbidden)

  1. Not allowed; specifically disallowed.
    Synonyms: prohibited, verboten, proscribed
    • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, [].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: [] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey [], →OCLC, page 83, lines 415–420:
      Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.
    • 1999, Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind, page 276:
      This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden'.

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Verb

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forbidden

  1. past participle of forbid