proscribe
Formally declare forbidden
To proscribe means to forbid something as dangerous and harmful: The school is very strict and proscribes weekend activities for students.
Proscribe also means to make something illegal: The protests began with the passage of a law that proscribed the use of tribal languages in public.
The verbal noun from proscribe is proscription.
Formally disallow
- banOfficial restriction on something
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
- disallowRefuse to permit
outlaw · embargo · veto · enjoin · bar · block · restrict · preclude
prohibit
Formally disallow
- banOfficial restriction on something
- forbidDeclare not allowed
- interdictAuthoritative prohibition order
disallow · outlaw · embargo · veto · enjoin · bar · block · restrict · preclude · suppress
banish
Officially send away
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- excommunicateExpel from church membership
exile · oust · shun · blacklist · exclude · deport · cast out · relegate · purge · eject
denounce
Publicly declare wrongdoing
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- condemnDeclare wrong or guilty
- disapproveJudge as wrong
rebuke · reproach · decry · deprecate · castigate · anathematize · excoriate · reprimand · criticize · vilify
- prohibitionsban, forbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit
- cancelcancel, annul, nullify, invalidate, revoke
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown