· an official prohibition or edict against something
Synonym(s): ban, forbiddance, forbidding
Hypernym(s): prohibition
· forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Synonym(s): censor
Hypernym(s): outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
· prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
Hypernym(s): forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
· ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Synonym(s): banish
Hypernym(s): expel, throw_out, kick_out
· expel from a community or group
Synonym(s): banish, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast_out, blackball
Hypernym(s): expel, throw_out, kick_out