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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
taboo
    adj 1: excluded from use or mention; "forbidden fruit"; "in our
           house dancing and playing cards were out"; "a taboo
           subject" [syn: forbidden, out(p), prohibited,
           proscribed, taboo, tabu, verboten]
    2: forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands
       [syn: taboo, tabu]
    n 1: a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South
         Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of
         something because of its sacred nature [syn: taboo,
         tabu]
    2: an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or
       emotional aversion [syn: taboo, tabu]
    v 1: declare as sacred and forbidden

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also tabu and tapu.]
   [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a
   prohibition.]
   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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, 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. [Written also
   tabu.]
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Taboo \Ta*boo"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tabooed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Tabooing.]
   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. [Written also tabu.]
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Taboo:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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