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Definition of Taboo

• (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction.
• (v. t.) To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.

Synonyms of Taboo

• Tabu
• Tabu
• Forbidden
• Out
• Prohibited
• Proscribed
• Tabu
• Verboten
• Tabu

Antonyms of Taboo

Homophones of Taboo

• Tabu