Ban

Verb

 * 1) To forbid or block from participation.

Noun

 * 1) prohibition
 * 2) A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
 * 3) The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
 * 4)  A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu
 * 5)   A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldavian леу
 * 6) A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

Adjectives for Ban
authoritative; blasphemous; cruel; common; harsh; inhibitory; legal; maledictory; proclamatory; senseless; tyrannical; unjust.

Verbs for Ban
announce—on; command—on; contradict—; curse—; decree—; end—; enforce—; exempt from—; impose—; lift—; proclaim—; publish—; reaffirm—; remove—; renew—; send—; —deprives; —forbids; —offends ; — outlaws; —prohibits.

Thesaurus
abscind, amputate, anathema, annihilate, banish, banishment, bar, bar out, barring, blackball, blackballing, blacklist, blasphemy, blockade, bob, boycott, boycottage, cast out, categorically reject, circumscription, clip, commination, complaint, contraband, count out, crop, cull, curse, cut, cut away, cut off, cut out, damnation, debar, debarment, debarring, demarcation, denial, denunciation, deny, deport, dim view, disagreement, disallow, disallowance, disappointment, disapprobation, disapproval, disapprove, disapprove of, discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, disenchantment, disesteem, disfavor, disfellowship, disgruntlement, disillusion, disillusionment, displeasure, disrespect, dissatisfaction, dissent, dissent from, distaste, dock, eliminate, embargo, enjoin, enucleate, eradicate, evil eye, except, exception, excise, exclude, exclude from, exclusion, excommunicate, excommunication, execration, exile, expatriate, expel, extinguish, extirpate, extradite, forbid, forbiddance, forbidden fruit, forbidding, freeze out, frown at, frown down, frown upon, fugitate, fulmination, grimace at, hex, ignore, imprecation, inadmissibility, index, index expurgatorius, index librorum prohibitorum, indignation, inhibit, inhibition, injunction, interdict, interdiction, interdictum, isolate, keep out, knock off, law, leave out, lock out, lockout, look askance at, look black upon, lop, low estimation, low opinion, malison, malocchio, mutilate, narrowing, nip, no-no, nonadmission, not approve, not go for, not hear of, not hold with, object, object to, objection, omission, omit, oppose, opposition, opposure, ostracism, ostracization, ostracize, outlaw, pare, pass over, peel, pick out, preclude, preclusion, prevent, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, prohibitory injunction, proscribe, proscription, protest, prune, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, relegate, relegation, repress, repression, repudiate, repudiation, restriction, restrictive covenants, root out, rule out, ruling out, rusticate, say no to, send away, send down, send to Coventry, set apart, set aside, shave, shear, shut out, snub, spurn, stamp out, statute, strike off, strip, strip off, sumptuary laws, suppress, suppression, taboo, take exception to, take off, take out, think ill of, think little of, thrust out, thumb down, thumbs-down, thundering, transport, truncate, unhappiness, view with disfavor, whammy, wipe out, zoning, zoning laws

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/b{n/}}

Synonyms

 * forbid
 * prohibit
 * disallow

Related terms

 * black ban
 * total fire ban

Derived terms

 * deciban

Synonyms

 * dit, hartley