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Outlawed vs Forbidden - What's the difference?

outlawed | forbidden |

Forbidden is a antonym of outlawed.



As adjectives the difference between outlawed and forbidden

is that outlawed is put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law while forbidden is not allowed.

As verbs the difference between outlawed and forbidden

is that outlawed is past tense of outlaw while forbidden is past participle of lang=en.

outlawed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of an act) put beyond the limits of the law, forbidden, against the law.
  • (of a person) put beyond the limits of the law, declared an outlaw or declared a criminal.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (outlaw)
  • forbidden

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not allowed.
  • * 1999 , Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen, Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind , page 276
  • This kind of immediate control structure we take to be characteristic of the tribe, and it leads to a rather rigid type of system in which 'every action not mandatory is forbidden' .

    Synonyms

    * prohibited