Interdict Synonyms

ĭntər-dĭkt
Command against
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. forbid
  2. prohibit
  3. halt
  4. prevent
  5. proscribe
  6. stop
  7. veto
  8. hinder
  9. ban
  10. inhibit
  11. outlaw
  12. taboo
  13. disallow
  14. nix
A coercive measure intended to ensure compliance or conformity
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. interdiction
  2. penalty
  3. sanction

Words Related to Interdict

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. allow
  2. reward
  3. injunction
  4. certiorari

Interdict Sentence Examples

  • From some places the interdict was not removed for twenty-six years.

  • To interdict the importation of the drug altogether, as is done in Japan, was the step advocated by Japanese public opinion.

  • A truce was concluded in 1317, but as the Sicilians helped the north Italian Ghibellines in the attack on Genoa, and Frederick seized some Church revenues for military purposes, the pope (John XXII.) excommunicated him and placed the island under an interdict (1321) which lasted until 1 335.

  • For this act of contumacy the king and kingdom were placed under interdict.

  • He removed the interdict which Innocent had employed against Louis VII.

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