ban

Definitions of ban
  1. noun
    an official prohibition or edict against something
    synonyms: embargo
  2. noun
    the state of being excommunicated
    synonyms: banvonnis
  3. noun
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
    synonyms: proscriptie, relegatie, verbanning, vogelvrijverklaring
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    exceptie, exclusie, lozing, uitdrijving, uitsluiting, uitzondering
    the act of forcing out someone or something
    ballingschap, deportatie, exilium, externering, uitwijzing
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    banvonnis
    the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society
    delegatie
    mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position
    ostracisme, schervengericht
    the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
    verdrijving
    the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
    type of:
    afkeuring, afwijzing, misprijzen, rejectie, reprobatie, repulsie, verwerping
    the act of rejecting something
  4. noun
    a decree that prohibits something
    synonyms: embargo, handelsembargo, inhibitie, interdictie, proscriptie, verbod, vogelvrijverklaring
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    straatverbod
    (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
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    arrest, edict
    a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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