proscription

pro·scrip·tion  (pr-skrpshn)

n.

1. The act of proscribing; prohibition.

2. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.

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[Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prscrpti, prscrptin-, public notice of outlawry, from prscrptus, past participle of prscrbere, to proscribe; see proscribe.]

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pro·scriptive adj.

pro·scriptive·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	proscription - a decree that prohibits something ban, prohibition decree, 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 something cease 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 someone banishment rejection - the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection" anathematisation, anathematization - the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed disbarment - the act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law expulsion, 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 society relegation - mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position; "he has been relegated to a post in Siberia" rustication - banishment into the country