Synonyms for banning
verb officially forbidAntonyms for banning
Word Origin & History
Old English bannan "to summon, command, proclaim," from Proto-Germanic *bannan "proclaim, command, forbid" (cf. Old High German bannan "to command or forbid under threat of punishment," German bannen "banish, expel, curse"), originally "to speak publicly," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak" (cf. Old Irish bann "law," Armenian ban "word;" see fame (n.)).
Main modern sense of "to prohibit" (late 14c.) is from Old Norse cognate banna "to curse, prohibit," and probably in part from Old French ban, which meant "outlawry, banishment," among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic. The sense evolution in Germanic was from "speak" to "proclaim a threat" to (in Norse, German, etc.) "curse."
The Germanic root, borrowed in Latin and French, has been productive, e.g. banish, bandit, contraband, etc. Related: Banned; banning. Banned in Boston dates from 1920s, in allusion to the excessive zeal and power of that city's Watch and Ward Society.
Example Sentences forbanning
I beetled it down to the nearest phone and got hold of my BANning number.
A demand was made for the excommunication of the translator and the banning of his work.
White to the lips, Banning saluted, and executed the orders.
Banning suggested a sortie in force to intimidate the Dyaks.
She said, "Banning, do you know what a Jane Austen villain is?"
You taught me passion, Banning, then destroyed my capacity to enjoy it with anyone but you.
Its banning in Austria is therefore a mystery to me, as it must have been to the author.
A report of that kind to Dr. Matthews might result in the banning of cars at Hamilton.
"I can't say—that is—" Banning took refuge in an embarrassed silence.
My heart's in my work, Banning; I'm not eager to undergo political eclipse at forty.