Synonyms:
prohibition, ban, proscription
Meaning: a decree that prohibits something
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
ban, censor
Meaning: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Synonyms:
ban
Meaning: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
Usage examples
A few fanatical men, who had made it the vehicle of violent expressions, had kept it under the ban of popular prejudice.
For you cannot be ignorant how that execrable heresy has been condemned; for it has not only been abolished these two hundred years, but it is also daily condemned by us and buried under our perpetual ban; and we exhort you not to rake up the ashes of those whose weapons have been burnt.