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Ban

A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.

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Baccalaureate 76% connected

The degree of bachelor of arts. (B.A. or A.B.), the first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges.

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Decree 76% connected

An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be d…

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Disallow 76% connected

To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed the executor's charge.

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Edict 76% connected

A public command or ordinance by the sovereign power; the proclamation of a law made by an absolute authority, as if by the very act of announcement;…

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Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

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Fiat 76% connected

An authoritative command or order to do something; an effectual decree.

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Forbid 76% connected

of Forbid

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Illegalize 76% connected

To make or declare illegal or unlawful.

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Interdict 76% connected

To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

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Nix 76% connected

One of a class of water spirits, commonly described as of a mischievous disposition.

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Order 76% connected

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

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Outlaw 76% connected

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.

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Prohibit 76% connected

To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, an…

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Prohibition 76% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Proscribe 76% connected

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

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Rescript 76% connected

The answer of an emperor when formallyconsulted by particular persons on some difficult question; hence, an edict or decree.

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Unit 76% connected

A single thing or person.

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Veto 76% connected

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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Manner of action 2

Embargo 76% connected

An edict or order of the government prohibiting the departure of ships of commerce from some or all of the ports within its dominions; a prohibition…

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Rusticate 76% connected

To go into or reside in the country; to ruralize.

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Enjoining 76% connected

of Enjoin

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Enjoinment 76% connected

Direction; command; authoritative admonition.

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Injunction 76% connected

The act of enjoining; the act of directing, commanding, or prohibiting.

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Interdict 76% connected

To forbid; to prohibit or debar; as, to interdict intercourse with foreign nations.

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Interdiction 76% connected

The act of interdicting; prohibition; prohibiting decree; curse; interdict.

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Derivationally related 4

Ostracism 74% connected

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

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Ostracism 74% connected

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

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Prohibition 74% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Prohibition 74% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Synonym 12

Banish 92% connected

To condemn to exile, or compel to leave one's country, by authority of the ruling power.

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Banning 92% connected

of Ban

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Blackball 92% connected

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.

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Censor 92% connected

One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals a…

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Dit 92% connected

A word; a decree.

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Forbiddance 92% connected

The act of forbidding; prohibition; command or edict against a thing.

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Forbidding 92% connected

of Forbid

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Hart 92% connected

A stag; the male of the red deer. See the Note under Buck.

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Ostracize 92% connected

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

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Prohibition 92% connected

The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.

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Proscription 92% connected

The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a…

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Shun 92% connected

To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

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