INTERDICTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does interdiction mean? 

• INTERDICTION (noun)
  The noun INTERDICTION has 2 senses:

1. authoritative prohibition

2. a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

  Familiarity information: INTERDICTION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERDICTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Authoritative prohibition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("interdiction" is a kind of...):

prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)

Derivation:

interdict (command against)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

interdict; interdiction

Hypernyms ("interdiction" is a kind 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)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)