proscription

pro·scrip·tion

P0606200 (prō-skrĭp′shən)n.1. The act of proscribing; prohibition.2. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.

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[Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, prōscrīptiōn-, public notice of outlawry, from prōscrīptus, past participle of prōscrībere, to proscribe; see proscribe.]

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pro·scrip′tive adj.pro·scrip′tive·ly adv.

proscription

(prəʊˈskrɪpʃən) n1. the act of proscribing or the state of being proscribed2. denunciation, prohibition, or exclusion3. outlawry or ostracism[C14: from Latin prōscriptiō; see proscribe] proˈscriptive adj proˈscriptively adv proˈscriptiveness n

pro•scrip•tion

(proʊˈskrɪp ʃən)

n. 1. the act of proscribing. 2. the state of being proscribed. 3. outlawry, interdiction, or prohibition. [1350–1400; Middle English proscripcioun < Latin prōscrīptiō public notice of confiscation or outlawry =prōscrīb(ere) to proscribe + -tiō -tion] pro•scrip′tive (-tɪv) adj. pro•scrip′tive•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	proscription - a decree that prohibits something ban, prohibitiondecree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"banning-order - an order that bans somethingcease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction - (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
	2.	proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someonebanishmentrejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection"anathematisation, anathematization - the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accurseddisbarment - the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of lawexpulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"deportation, expatriation, exile, transportation - the act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"excommunication, excision - the act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious societyrelegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia"rustication - banishment into the country

proscription

noun1. prohibition, ban, damning, dooming, boycott, embargo, rejection, condemnation, censure, denunciation, interdict the proscription of all customs not conforming to religious law2. banishment, exile, exclusion, expulsion, deportation, eviction, ejection, ostracism, excommunication, expatriation, attainder (archaic), outlawry her proscription by the party's leaders

proscription

nounA refusal to allow:ban, disallowance, forbiddance, inhibition, interdiction, prohibition, taboo.

Translations

Verfemungdéfenseinterdiction