banning Definition

ban
noun

1. An official order stating that something is not allowed.

Example: a ban on advertising
Thesaurus: prohibition, limitation, boycott, proscription, stoppage, suppression, refusal; Antonym: permission, dispensation.

verb banned, banning

1. To forbid something.

Thesaurus: forbid, halt, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrict, prevent, suppress; Antonym: permit, allow.
2. To forbid someone from going somewhere or doing something, especially officially or formally.

Example: banned him from the club
Example: ban you from driving
Thesaurus: banish, bar, exclude, restrict, prevent.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon bannan in the original verb sense ‘to summon'; 13c as noun in obsolete sense ‘a summons or proclamation'.