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Banning   /bˈænɪŋ/   Listen
Banning

noun
1.
An official prohibition or edict against something.  Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding.



Ban

verb
(past & past part. banned; pres. part. banning)
1.
Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper).  Synonym: censor.
2.
Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure.
3.
Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment.  Synonym: banish.
4.
Expel from a community or group.  Synonyms: banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun.



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"Banning" Quotes from Famous Books



... lace-collar and wristbands, his feet crossed, with boots of yellow leather, with large tops, and gold spurs, on his head a black hat and dark-brown plumes. Behind him at the centre of the picture, is the standard-bearer, 'JACOB BANNING,' in an easy martial attitude, hat in hand, his right hand on his chair, his right leg on his left knee. He holds the flag of blue silk, in which the Virgin is embroidered, (such a silk! such a ...
— Roundabout Papers • William Makepeace Thackeray

... not, prettie mine, To faynings fals thine hart incline; Be loyal to thy luver trew, And nevir change hir for a new; If gude or faire, of hir have care, For womens banning's wonderous ...
— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 - Sorrow and Consolation • Various

... offences in the king's household fell under their unceremonious jurisdiction, and he was formally reminded of his occasional neglect to say grace before and after meat—his repairing to hear the word more rarely than was fitting—his profane banning and swearing, and keeping of evil company—and finally, of his queen's carding, dancing, night-walking, and such like profane pastimes.—Calderwood, p. 313. A curse, direct or implied, was formally denounced against ...
— Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) • Walter Scott



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