Meaning

noun an official prohibition or edict against something

verb forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

verb prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

originFrom Middle English banning, bannyng, bonnyng, equivalent to ban + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian banning, Dutch banning, German Low German Banning, German Bannung.

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