Ban
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To forbid or block from participation.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: prohibition A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldavian леу A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
Example sentence: There is a ban on Indian films in Pakistan, so that's half of our market gone.
Proscription
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A prohibition.Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.The act of proscribing, or its result.A decree or law that prohibits.