to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict

to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.

Archaic .

to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.

to curse; execrate.

the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.

informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion

society's ban on racial discrimination.

Law .

a proclamation.

a public condemnation.

Ecclesiastical . a formal condemnation; excommunication.

a malediction; curse.

noun

allowance , permission

verb

allow , permit

noun

a thou-shalt-not , boycott , censorship , don’t , embargo , injunction , interdiction , limitation , no-no , off limits , out of bounds , prohibition , proscription , refusal , restriction , stoppage , suppression , taboo , disallowance , inhibition , anathema , announcement , armistice , banishment , block , censure , condemnation , curse , denunciation , edict , enjoinder , execration , interdict , malediction , moratorium , notice , veto

verb

banish , bar , blackball * , close down , close up , curse , declare illegal , disallow , enjoin , exclude , halt , ice out , illegalize , inhibit , interdict , outlaw , pass by , pass up , prevent , prohibit , proscribe , restrict , shut out , suppress , debar , taboo , black out , hush , stifle , anathematize , blackball , block , boycott , condemn , denounce , denunciation , exclusion , excommunicate , execrate , exile , expatriate , forbid , invoke , malediction , ostracize , reject , restrain , shun , veto