Synonyms for Ban (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (an official prohibition or edict against something):
forbidding, forbiddance, banning
WordNet sense 2 (a bachelor's degree in nursing):
Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
WordNet sense 3 (a decree that prohibits something):
prohibition, proscription
WordNet sense 4 (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment):
banish
WordNet sense 5 (expel from a community or group):
blackball, ostracize, shun, ostracise, cast out
WordNet sense 6 (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)):
censor
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