taboo

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 <i>taboo</i>.

adjective

Source: webster1913

a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature

noun.cognition

Source: WordNet 3.0

an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion

noun.attribute

Source: WordNet 3.0

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.

noun

Source: webster1913

excluded from use or mention

adj.all

Source: WordNet 3.0

forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands

adj.all

Source: WordNet 3.0

declare as sacred and forbidden

verb.social

Source: WordNet 3.0

To put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to <i>taboo</i> the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.

verb

Source: webster1913