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Definitions for Ban

[1] to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
[2] Archaic . to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate.
[3] the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
[4] informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.
[5] Law . a proclamation. a public condemnation.
[6] Ecclesiastical . a formal condemnation; excommunication.
[7] a malediction; curse.
[8] a public proclamation or edict.
[9] bans, Ecclesiastical . banns.
[10] (in the feudal system) the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service. the body of vassals summoned.
[11] (formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.
[12] History/Historical . a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary.
[13] a Romanian coin, the 100th part of a leu.
[14] (tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid to ban a book ; to ban smoking
[15] (tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people
[16] archaic to curse
[17] an official prohibition or interdiction
[18] law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition
[19] a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry
[20] archaic public censure or condemnation
[21] archaic a curse; imprecation
[22] (in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations
[23] a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu

Words related to Ban

embargo, restriction, refusal, injunction, prohibition, boycott, censorship, prohibit, bar, halt, prevent, suppress, outlaw, restrict, exclude, proscribe, proscription, stoppage, interdiction, limitation

Words nearby Ban

bamboo network, bamboo shoots, bamboo turning, bamboo ware, bamboozle, ban, ban-lon, ban-the-bomber, banaba, banaban, banach space

Origin of Ban

41960–65; < Romanian, of uncertain origin, perhaps < Serbo-Croatian bân ban3

Words that may be confused with Ban

band, banned, banns, bans

Other words from Ban

ban·na·ble , adjective
un·banned , adjective

Word origin for Ban

from Romanian, from Serbo-Croat bān lord

Synonyms for Ban

boycott, censorship, embargo, injunction, prohibition, refusal, restriction, interdiction, limitation, proscription, stoppage, suppression, taboo, a thou-shalt-not, don't, no-no, off limits, out of bounds