taboo
- Noun. An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- Noun. (context, in Polynesia) Something which may not be used, approached or mentioned because it is sacred.
- Adjective. Excluded or forbidden from use, approach or mention.
- Verb. To mark as taboo.
- Verb. To ban.
- Verb. To avoid.
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