proscription

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A prohibition.
Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
The act of proscribing, or its result.
A decree or law that prohibits.

/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ /pɹoʊˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proscription.wav

proscription proscriptions

From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).

forbidding forbode sanction attaintment judgement condemnation conviction proscription

proscribe proscriptive proscriptively

deproscription proscriptional proscriptionist

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