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Definitions for Banned

[1] to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
[2] Archaic . to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate.
[3] the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
[4] informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.
[5] Law . a proclamation. a public condemnation.
[6] Ecclesiastical . a formal condemnation; excommunication.
[7] a malediction; curse.
[8] (tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid to ban a book ; to ban smoking
[9] (tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people
[10] archaic to curse
[11] an official prohibition or interdiction
[12] law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition
[13] a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry
[14] archaic public censure or condemnation
[15] archaic a curse; imprecation
[16] (in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations
[17] a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu

Words related to Banned

banillegal, taboo, tabu

Words nearby Banned

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Origin of Banned

1before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī to speak, Sanskrit bhanati (he) speaks

Words that may be confused with Banned

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, banband, banned, banns, bans

Other words from Banned

ban·na·ble , adjective
un·banned , adjective

Word origin for Banned

from Romanian, from Serbo-Croat bān lord

Synonyms for Banned

illegal, taboo, tabu