wooden block with text banned. a ban refers to a formal or official prohibition or restriction on a particular activity, action,

prohibition restriction banishment exclusion forbiddance inhibition blacklist embargo censorship taboo suppression interdiction veto sanction bar denial outlaw limitation constraint dissuasion blockade repudiation restraint proscription excommunication condemnation edict moratorium invalidation interdict disallowance preclusion rejection barring repression block exclusionary prohibitive suppress blackout ostracize abolition quashing suspension rulingout declination disqualification ineligibility annulment