debars
Officially keeps out
Debars means excludes or prohibits from participation.
Courts may debar lawyers from practicing.
Universities debar students for academic dishonesty.
Immigration authorities debar foreigners from entering a country.
The scandal debars him from holding public office.
The word carries formal or legal weight, implying official prohibition rather than casual exclusion.
Rods, taverns, or measures
- excludesDeliberately leaves out
- prohibitsLegally bars action
- bansOfficial restrictions imposed
- blacklistsCatalogues of forbidden entities
disqualifies · shuts out · locks out · blocks · ostracizes · expels · banishes · rejects
Stops from occurring
- forbidsOfficially disallows something
- restrainsHolds back or controls
- restrictsPlaces limits upon
- constrainsLimits or confines
impedes · hinders · obstructs · inhibits · curtails · limits · blocks · checks
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- litigationLegal dispute process
restraining order · sanctions · statute · decree · attorney · plaintiff · defendant · prosecution
bars
Rods, taverns, or measures
blacklists · disqualifies · shuts out · locks out · blocks · ostracizes · expels · banishes · rejects · precludes
prevents
Stops from occurring
constrains · impedes · hinders · obstructs · inhibits · curtails · limits · blocks · checks · stops
injunction
Court-ordered behavioral requirement
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
litigation · restraining order · sanctions · statute · decree · attorney · plaintiff · defendant · prosecution · appeal