debar Play verbExclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something. SYNONYMS banbarblackballblockcurbdeclare ineligibledisallowdisentitledisfellowshipdisqualifyenjoinestopexcludeforbid togive the cold shoulder tohinderinterdictkeep outleave out in the coldletlock outobstructprecludepreventprohibitproscriberefuse entrance torejectrestrainrestrictrule outsay no toshut outstand in the way ofstop