bandire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- ban verb To officially forbid something.
- banish verb To officially force someone to leave a place, usually as punishment, and forbid their return.
- ostracize verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
Senses
bandire is used for these senses in English:
- abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
- ban (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- banish (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
- ostracize (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]
abandon — full definition
- verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
- verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
- noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".
ban — full definition
- verb To officially forbid something.
- noun An official prohibition.