1. (

• ban ,
• banning ,
• forbiddance ,
• forbidding

) an official prohibition or edict against something ;

2. (

• prohibition ,
• inhibition ,
• forbiddance

) the action of prohibiting or inhibiting or forbidding (or an instance thereof); "they were restrained by a prohibition in their charter"; "a medical inhibition of alcoholic beverages"; "he ignored his parents' forbiddance" ;