Ban and Except

Ban

Ban verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.

Usage example: the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

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Except and ban are semantically related In some cases you can use "Except" instead a verb "Ban".

Nearby Word: banned

Except verb - To prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of.

Usage example: we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election

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Ban and except are semantically related in leave out topic. Sometimes you can use "Ban" instead a verb "Except".

Anti-Magical Faction: The Royal Censorate of Magic has shades of this, except instead of banning all magic, they only ban all magic except for a few specific fields of study.

Source: Literature / The Spellmonger Series
His worship was drunken orgies and they got so popular the Roman senate had to ban them except by special dispensation and the ban was ignored.

Source: Ensemble Dark Horse / Mythology
Ban on Magic: Affinity magic, except when used by priests, is strictly banned in Rolencia.

Source: Literature / The Chronicles Of King Rolens Kin

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