单词 | unban |
释义 | unbanv. transitive. To remove a ban or prohibition from (a publication, person, group, etc.); to lift official restrictions on. Frequently in political contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > set free [verb (transitive)] > free from regulation or restriction unlacea1555 derestrict1955 delicense1957 deregulate1964 unban1968 1968 Guardian 5 Sept. 9/2 Book censorship has eased since the Dail passed a law which un-bans a book after 12 years in purdah. 1979 W. Mandela Let. 24 May in Observer (1985) 18 Aug. 13/7 The first thing I'll do when I'm unbanned (if I ever am) is to go to church and thank God for letting your letter reach me. 1980 Listener 19 June 795/1 No sooner were his [sc. Henry Miller's] books ‘unbanned’..than he came under attack as a male sexist. 1990 People Weekly (U.S.) 19 Feb. 57/2 He announced that he was ‘unbanning’ the long-outlawed African National Congress and would soon free its aging leader. Derivatives unˈbanned adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [adjective] > liberated > freed from restrictions derestricted1936 unbanned1997 1997 N. Mandela in D. J. Whittaker Terrorism Reader (2002) xv. 230 He did not want to jeopardize the legality of our unbanned allies. unˈbanning n. removal of a ban. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > liberation > [noun] > from restrictions or regulations derestriction1935 deregulation1963 unbanning1980 1980 Guardian Weekly 10 Aug. 17/1 To some extent the recent limited spate of ‘unbannings’ by the censors might have been promoted by a dangerous impasse between writers and authorities in 1979. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1968 |
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