ban

Meaning

Noun

1. Prohibition.
2. A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
3. The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
4. (obsolete) A curse or anathema.
5. A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To summon; to call out.
2. To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
3. To curse; to execrate.
4. To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
5. To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.

Concepts

ban

prohibition

prohibit

forbid

interdict

taboo

embargo

interdiction

forbiddance

disallow

outlaw

proscribe

bar

banish

boycott

ostracize

prevent

anathema

excommunication

blackball

veto

censor

proscription

banning

forbidding

injunction

resist

inhibition

suspension

cast out

ostracise

shun

proclaim

debar

stop

strict prohibition

abeyance

deadlock

halt

hang-up

interruption

stalemate

standstill

stoppage

commandment

precept

law

ordinance

exclude

obstruct

command

end

lift

tabu

curse

cursedness

execration

imprecation

malediction

manifesto

prelection

proclamation

pronunciamento

restraining order

destroy

devote

block

abjure

abnegate

contradict

deny

disavow

disclaim

disown

negate

nix

recant

refuse

negation

enjoin

removal

excommunicate

unchurch

be on at

abuse

bawl out

be after

be at

be down on

berate

blast

blow

blow up

bring up

bullyrag

bum-rap

call down

call over the coals

cant

chastise

chide

clobber

comb

comb down

come down on

darn

drub

get after

get at

give somebody hell

give someone hell

growl

haze

inveigh

inveigh against

jump on

lay someone out

let into

mag

miscall

objurgate

rail

rail against

revile

rip into

row

scold

scold for

scorch

skin

slang

slangwhang

strafe

swear

swear at

take apart

tee off

throw mud at

throw up

whip

yaff

blast on someone

chew somebody's ass out

get on somebody's ass

lay out someone

sling mud at

сall names

go off at smb.

give fits

bust chops

give somebody shit

trash someone

cut a beef

utter imprecations

tell someone Off

claw away

deal it out

go crook

ass-kick

let go with

give someone a tongue-lashing

ballock somebody

bollock somebody

give curry

ride a pony

slap someone's wrist

contraband

inhibit

throttle

abolish

avoid

get rid of

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bæn/

Etymology

From Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).
Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भनति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.