[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict :to ban nuclear weapons;The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.Synonyms: taboo , proscribe , outlaw Antonyms: allow", "Archaic.to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.to curse; execrate.", "to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.", "to curse; execrate."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction .Synonyms: taboo , interdict , proscription , prohibition", "informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion:society's ban on racial discrimination.Synonyms: taboo", "Law.a proclamation.a public condemnation.", "a proclamation.", "a public condemnation.", "Ecclesiastical.a formal condemnation; excommunication .", "a malediction; curse ."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a public proclamation or edict.", "bans,Ecclesiastical. banns .", "(in the feudal system)the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service.the body of vassals summoned.", "the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service.", "the body of vassals summoned."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["(formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.", "History/Historical.a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a Romanian coin, one 100th of a leu."]}]