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taboo
adjective
1. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention: a taboo subject.
2. Forbidden to profane use or contact because of what are held to be dangerous supernatural powers.
3. Banned on grounds of morality or taste .
4. Banned as constituting a risk .
noun
1. A ban or an inhibition resulting from social custom or emotional aversion.
2. A prohibition, especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands, excluding something from use, approach, or mention because of its sacred and inviolable nature.
3. An object, a word, or an act protected by such a prohibition.
4. A prohibition against touching, saying, or doing something for fear of immediate harm from a supernatural force.
5. A prohibition imposed by social custom or as a protective measure.
verb
1. To set apart as taboo especially by marking with a ritualistic symbol.
2. To avoid or ban as taboo.
verb-transitive
1. To exclude from use, approach, or mention; place under taboo.
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taboo | 7 |
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ba | 4 |
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to | 2 |
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tab | 5 |
oot | 3 |
oba | 5 |
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bot | 5 |
boo | 5 |
boa | 5 |
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bota | 6 |
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taboo | 7 |