<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object)</li><li>Banned, banning.</li><li>To prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.</li><li>Synonyms: taboo, proscribe, outlaw</li><li>Antonyms: allow</li><li>Archaic: to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.</li><li>To curse; execrate.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>The act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.</li><li>Synonyms: taboo, interdict, proscription, prohibition</li><li>Informal: denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.</li><li>Synonyms: taboo</li><li>Law: a proclamation.</li><li>A public condemnation.</li><li>Ecclesiastical: a formal condemnation; excommunication.</li><li>A malediction; curse.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>