taboo

taboo
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. tabu, prohibition, interdiction, forbiddance. —v. t. forbid, prohibit, keep inviolate. —adj. forbidden; untouchable, unprofanable, inviolate.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
Syn. sacred, forbidden, out of bounds, reserved; see holy 1 , illegal , restricted .
n.
Syn. restriction, reservation, stricture, limitation, law, regulation, superstition, prohibition, proscription, ban, no-no*, interdiction, social convention, moral obligation, religious convention; see also sanction 2 .
v.
Syn. inhibit, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, forbid, prevent, debar, disallow, exclude, circumscribe, hinder, ban, frown upon, restrict, veto; see also hinder , restrain 1 .
Ant. allow, permit, sanction.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
prohibition, restriction, *no-no, *don't, *thou-shalt-not, proscription, ban, limitation, forbiddance, reservation.
II
a.
prohibited, restricted, proscribed, *frowned on, forbidden, banned, verboten, unacceptable, out-of-bounds, against social convention, anathema.
ANT.: accepted, *okay, allowed
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I also tabu noun A refusal to allow: ban, disallowance, forbid-dance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, proscription. See ALLOW. II also tabu adjective Not allowed: forbidden, impermissible, verboten. See ALLOW. III also tabu verb To refuse to allow: ban, debar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe. See ALLOW.

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