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Proscription

//pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A prohibition. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone wordnet
  3. 3
    Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. countable, uncountable

    "He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]"

  4. 4
    a decree that prohibits something wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of proscribing, or its result. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A decree or law that prohibits. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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