ban
Formal legal restriction
The main uses of ban are as a noun and verb about forbidding an activity: if you ban smoking you have instituted a smoking ban.
This meaning is related to banish.
A less frequent ban is a noun, hardly used in American English, denoting a public proclamation.
Less frequent still is the ban that is a unit of Romanian currency, and the ban that is a defunct title in some eastern European nations.
Record of prohibited entities
- blackballExclude by negative vote
- barDrinking establishment
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- oustRemove from position
exile · ostracize · shun · boycott · reject · exclude · snub · debar
Declare not allowed
- outlawFugitive from justice
- prohibitFormally disallow
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- proscribeOfficially forbid something
disallow · restrict · block · halt · stop · veto · enjoin · suppress
Forcibly put an end to
- censorOne who suppresses content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
silence · gag order · content moderation · media control · information control · chilling effect · prior restraint · removal
Not allowed
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- verbotenProhibited by authority
proscribed · off-limits · sacrosanct · anathema · impure · blasphemy · heresy · shame
Authoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- proclamationFormal public announcement
ruling · ordinance · regulation · law · statute · dictum · fiat · writ
Punitive international restrictions
- blockadeSealing off a place
- trade restrictionLimit on international commerce
- tariffTax on traded goods
- economic pressureFiscal force to compel
boycott · quarantine · isolation · cutoff · freeze · divestment · trade war · asset freeze
blacklist
Record of prohibited entities
oust · exile · ostracize · shun · boycott · reject · exclude · snub · debar · shut out
forbid
Declare not allowed
proscribe · disallow · restrict · block · halt · stop · veto · enjoin · suppress · quash
suppress
Forcibly put an end to
bowdlerize · silence · gag order · content moderation · media control · information control · chilling effect · prior restraint · removal · takedown
forbidden
Not allowed
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
verboten · proscribed · off-limits · sacrosanct · anathema · impure · blasphemy · heresy · shame · dishonor
edict
Authoritative public command
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- directiveFormal command or instruction
proclamation · ruling · ordinance · regulation · law · statute · dictum · fiat · writ · command
sanctions
Punitive international restrictions
- blockadeSealing off a place
- trade restrictionLimit on international commerce
- tariffTax on traded goods
economic pressure · boycott · quarantine · isolation · cutoff · freeze · divestment · trade war · asset freeze
- Short Wordsact, a, add, I, bat
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- Access Deniedlocked door, firewall, login failure, no entry sign, account lockout
- decisive actionsultimatum, veto, verdict, ruling, declaration
- deterrentsguard dog, warning, security camera, penalty, padlock
- disciplinary termswarning, suspension, expulsion, detention, fine
- one-armed banditLever-operated gambling machine
- travel banProhibition on journeys
- red bannerCrimson flag or ensign
- nuclear test banProhibition on atomic explosions
- banned booksLiterature officially prohibited
- banner yearPeriod of outstanding success
abandon, banner, banned, bandit, banish, bans, banning, unban, bannings