unban
unban verb: to lift a ban against.
Verb
unban (third-person singular simple present unbans, present participle unbanning, simple past and past participle unbanned)
- To lift a ban against.
- De Klerk was not acting totally unilaterally and independently when he announced the decision to unban previously banned parties like the ANC […]2000, Julian Kunnie, Is apartheid really dead?
- ChanServ can unban you from your channel when someone has banned you […]2004, Paul Mutton, IRC Hacks
Noun
unban (plural unbans)
- The removal of a ban.
- As a matter of fact, I have unbanned you several times, and let an unban that I did not agree with stand.1998 May 2, JMarino516, “Necromancy”, in alt.religion.christian.calvary-chapel (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025
- I'm not asking for an unban..even when that would happen I wouldn't enter...I dont feel the need to after the hostile approach of my being there.1998 November 24, paladijn, “Beware of possible PK'r in Justus”, in alt.games.diablo (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025
- Synonyms:
- unbanning
Examples of unban in a sentence
- It dragged for years through local and federal courts around the country in a welter of obscenity trials in which it was variously banned, unbanned and rebanned.2008 October 29, Margalit Fox, “Damiano, 80, directed 'Deep Throat'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2022:
- I'm not asking necessarily for an unban on myself, just a peek into your common sense and an unban on saravo connecting from nether.2000 December 1, DOSIUS, “[RANT] #rgvac”, in rec.games.video.arcade.collecting (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2025:
Synonyms of unban
Forms of unban
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | unbans |
| present participle | unbanning |
| past participle | unbanned |
| past | unbanned |
| Noun | |
| plural | unbans |
Origin of unban
From un- + ban.
Questions about unban
- What does unban mean?
- Unban means to lift a ban against.
- How do you use unban in a sentence?
- It dragged for years through local and federal courts around the country in a welter of obscenity trials in which it was variously banned, unbanned and rebanned.
- What part of speech is unban?
- Unban can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of unban?
- The past tense of unban is unbanned.
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