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English to English adjective
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Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, etc., may be taboo. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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excluded from use or mention | | Example: forbidden fruit
in our house dancing and playing cards were out
a taboo subject
source: wordnet30
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forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | | source: wordnet30
noun
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a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | | source: wordnet30
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an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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declare as sacred and forbidden | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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