the ban on stem cell research has been lifted

In this sentence, lift means we get rid of the ban in order to make the research on a track?

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@jonbrowne82 kind of curious.

when I think of the word lift, someone is lifting up something that blocks a road and put elsewhere to make the road clear.

In this case 'remove' can be a synonym.

however in the other hand, the word lift make me think that someone cheering for someone else, boosting confidence or something

in this case, encourage or support can be the synonyms of lift

when it comes to laws,regulation, my case was the ban, it's very confusing.

Is the law being supported or is the law being rejected.

I want to hear your opinion or feeling, when you see the sentence I presented.
sound confusing? or obvious?

@Maura_J thank you for the answer. but one more thing.

My thought is this.

let's say we're in a race. there is a lot of hurdles we've gotta jump over. if we lift the hurldes, It gets worse. right?

in terms of hurdle, the ban has been lifted = the ban has got worse to overcome.

this is my non-native speaker's thought.

so I wondered, do natives get confused? or am I the only one who get confused.

I'm not trying to annoy you or bother you. just curious.

@Maura_J alright then 'lift' for an idea means lift something which holds the idea down so that the idea can be freed. thank you