BANNING Synonyms: 147 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of banning

as in prohibiting

the act of ordering that something not be done or used the banning of the use of foul language at town council meetings was long overdue

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verb

present participle of ban

as in forbidding

to order not to do or use or to be done or used the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings

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as in excluding

to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies

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Recent Examples of banning

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Rescues during holidays have declined in recent years, owing to the prohibition of alcohol on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the Fourth of July, along with the banning of diving along the Clay Banks, Nunez said. — Reeti Malhotra july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026 The talk was organized by local synagogues and the Chattanooga Jewish Federation in response to the banning of the novel by a nearby Tennessee school district a month prior. — Spin Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026 The reforms led to the creation of the forward pass and the banning of dangerous formations. — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026 Magyar’s focus on the economy means reform of Hungary’s draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws, which currently includes the banning of Pride marches and fines for promoting homosexuality in schools, may not be a priority. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026 Still, Sylvain sees the banning of innocent users as a potential overcorrection. — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026 Board members who have personal agendas – for example book banning, cell phone usage, gender and pronoun issues, history lessons, religious instruction – may be looking for a leader who feels similarly. — Marsha Sutton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 Against the backdrop of ’90s theatricality, the most meaningful gesture of the week remains the banning of phones. — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026 These included the banning of the works of Rabindranath Tagore, the Indian Bengali poet and Nobel laureate, and Pres. — Andrew Pereira, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

French lawmakers are racing against the clock to reach a compromise that would allow a bill banning social media for children under 15 to possibly enter into force at the start of the new school year in September. — Samuel Petrequin, Fortune, 20 July 2026 What’s to stop Morocco, co-host of the 2030 tournament, from banning officials and players from Algeria over the two countries’ territorial dispute in the Western Sahara? — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Justice Steven Tekulsky issued a stay-away order of protection, banning the 63-year-old from attempting to contact Beyoncé or Jay-Z. — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 None of it requires banning a single drug, but just enough friction, at enough points in the system, that staying on treatment becomes harder than going off it. — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026 The episode is the latest example of Menin choosing to home in on issues Mamdani previously supported that now pose political weak points, from expanding the city’s housing vouchers to banning 24-hour shifts for home health aides. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 The City of Winter Garden removed a sign banning guns from a city park this week after Florida’s attorney general threatened legal action, saying state law does not allow local governments to regulate firearms. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026 Under pressure to tweak the rules this spring, the department again declined to monitor school quality and tinkered only with how parents can use the funds on items other than tuition, banning them from paying for travel sports teams, for instance. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 Ultra-orthodox Israelis who refuse to participate in mandatory military service have been temporarily protected after the Knesset passed a bill banning their arrest. — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for banning

Noun

One Democratic commissioner joined with three Republicans in voting in favor of the prohibition.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
The 14th Amendment’s foundational principles include birthright citizenship, due process, equal protection under the law, and the prohibition for heads of state to engage in acts of insurrection.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 July 2026

Definition of prohibition

Verb

The ruling granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting the firms from completing the merger and from consolidating their operations.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 20 July 2026
Key Background Federal prosecutors have increasingly used statutes prohibiting the sending of threats against the president to pursue posts made on social media.

— Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of prohibiting

Verb

This includes accommodation and meals, all soft and alcoholic drinks (excluding French champagne) including cellar collection wines, cocktails and single-malt whiskeys, laundry service, lodge activities, massage and spa treatments.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2026
Heatwaves and rising temperatures in some of Lindt's core European markets could impact chocolate demand, with European sales excluding Eastern Europe, declining in the four weeks ending June 14, the analysts said.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 26 July 2026

Definition of excluding

Verb

Concurrently, China implemented strict regulations on AI companion chatbots, forbidding emotional reliance and virtual relationships with minors, citing demographic concerns.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Some of them led to places that were forbidding, almost aggressively inscrutable, while others were easy enough to read but left an eight-year-old feeling that some funny business was going on behind her back.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026

Definition of forbidding

Verb

Rinehart, a veteran of political and issue-advocacy campaigns, was a former swimmer at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, which proposed eliminating the sport in 2013 amid a campus budget shortfall.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 July 2026
Banks previously responded to the 2010 measure on debit card swipe fees by eliminating rewards for those cards, and opponents are afraid credit cards will follow.

— Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of eliminating

Verb

North Carolina's legislature also passed a bill outlawing public camping and allowing any resident or business owner to sue the state if an encampment was not cleared within five business days.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026
The legislation fails to address the property rights of the owners of about 200 horses and the 68 medallions as well as the iffy legal question of outlawing what not only has been a legal trade, but one formally licensed and sanctioned by the city.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 July 2026

Definition of outlawing

Verb

The bill was supposed to go into effect July 1, but a judge issued a preliminary injunction days before, barring enforcement in some situations, but not completely.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 24 July 2026
The agreement is a tacit acknowledgement that that will not happen, barring a settlement with the states.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 24 July 2026

Definition of barring

Verb

Kennedy has said that the campaign is aimed at preventing improper payments instead of recovering them after the fact, with the Administration increasingly using payment deferrals and pre-payment reviews of Medicaid claims.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 22 July 2026
The defense has also complained that Washington interfered with Maduro’s representation by initially preventing the Venezuelan government from paying his legal bills.

— Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 22 July 2026

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