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To ban something is to prohibit it, usually by legal means: The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.
The noun ban refers to an instance of this: Many people are in favor of the smoking ban.
A ban may also be something that is not legally enforceable but that has the same effect: The student was banned from the school’s graduation ceremony.
Ban also has a meaning related to marriage: it is short for banns, an announcement of an intended marriage.
Declare not allowed
- prohibitFormally disallow
- outlawFugitive from justice
- restrictTo impose limits upon
- disallowRefuse to permit
embargo · veto · interdict · proscribe · censorship · moratorium · sanction · enjoin
Authoritative legal ban
- controlledKept within limits
- illegalForbidden by statute
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
trafficking · decriminalization · legalization · enforcement · narcotics · alcohol · tobacco · firearms
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- restraining orderCourt-enforced avoidance mandate
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
ordinance · statute · legislation · enforcement · ruling · judgment · regulation · sanction
Solid mass, or impede
- filterPorous separation device
- shadowbanSecret platform visibility reduction
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
- deplatformRemove from public forums
censor · mute · firewall · moderation · flagged · removed · restricted · demonetize
Temporary halt or exclusion
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
sanction · expulsion · barred · sidelined · stripped · reinstatement · appeal · commissioner
forbid
Declare not allowed
disallow · embargo · veto · interdict · proscribe · censorship · moratorium · sanction · enjoin · suppress
prohibition
Authoritative legal ban
- controlledKept within limits
- illegalForbidden by statute
- contrabandProhibited trade goods
smuggling · trafficking · decriminalization · legalization · enforcement · narcotics · alcohol · tobacco · firearms · weapons
injunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- restraining orderCourt-enforced avoidance mandate
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
mandate · ordinance · statute · legislation · enforcement · ruling · judgment · regulation · sanction · penalty
block
Solid mass, or impede
- filterPorous separation device
- shadowbanSecret platform visibility reduction
- suspendHalt or hang temporarily
deplatform · censor · mute · firewall · moderation · flagged · removed · restricted · demonetize · takedown
suspension
Temporary halt or exclusion
- disqualificationRemoval from eligibility
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- ineligibleNot meeting requirements
penalty · sanction · expulsion · barred · sidelined · stripped · reinstatement · appeal · commissioner · governing body
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- red bannerCrimson flag or ensign
- nuclear test banProhibition on atomic explosions
- banned booksLiterature officially prohibited
- banner yearPeriod of outstanding success
- smoking banProhibition on tobacco use
bans, banned, banning, banner, banners, banish, banished, banishing, banishment