forbid (v.)
- anticipate
- avert
- ban
- bar
- block
- check
- curb
- debar
- deflect
- deny
- deter
- disallow
- discourage
- dishearten
- embargo
- enjoin
- estop
- exclude
- fend
- foreclose
- forestall
- halt
- help
- hinder
- impede
- inhibit
- interdict
- obstruct
- obviate
- outlaw
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- proscribe
- refuse
- reject
- repel
- repress
- restrain
- save
- stop
- suppress
- taboo
- veto
God forbid.
Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
