lifetime ban
Forever barred entry
A lifetime ban is a permanent prohibition from an activity, organization, or place—one that lasts for the rest of the banned person's life.
Athletes receive lifetime bans for doping violations; gamblers get lifetime bans from casinos.
He received a lifetime ban from the sport after the scandal.
Despite the name, lifetime bans are sometimes reduced or overturned on appeal.
- permanentFixed without end
- exileBanishment from homeland
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
- kicked outForced to leave
- thrown outExpelled or discarded
blacklist · disqualified · expelled · barred · forbidden · persona non grata · ostracized · banishment · prohibition · disgraced · outcast · revoked · terminated · red card · stadium · league · indefinite · zero-tolerance
- sports ethicsfair play, sportsmanship, integrity, doping, honesty
- penaltiespenalty, fine, civil penalty, criminal penalty, infractions
- sports infractionsfoul, violation, red card, ejection, disqualification
- Anti-DopingWADA, drug testing, NADA, doping control, positive test
lifetime bantemporary suspension
Interim cessation of activity
warning · verbal warning · no penalty · written warning · caution
lifetime banlifetime membership
Enrollment lasting until death
open invitation · carte blanche · free pass · welcome · honorary membership
lifetime banfull pardon
Complete legal forgiveness
amnesty · exoneration · reinstatement · clemency · no penalty
life, time, live, living, lively, liveliness, lifelong, lifeless, lifelike