The church does not proscribe monarchy and prescribe democracy, or proscribe democracy and prescribe monarchy.
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Proscribe
//pɹəˈskɹaɪb//
Synonyms for "proscribe" (71 found)
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Related words (35)
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64 translations across 17 languages.
Azerbaijani
3 entries- qadağan etmək verb (forbid or prohibit)
- yasaq etmək verb (forbid or prohibit)
- yasaqlamaq verb (forbid or prohibit)
Bulgarian
4 entries- забранявам verb (forbid or prohibit)
- заточавам verb (banish or exclude)
- изгонвам verb (banish or exclude)
- отричам verb (denounce)
Danish
2 entries- bandlyse verb (banish or exclude)
- forbyde verb (forbid or prohibit)
Dutch
4 entries- afkeuren verb (denounce)
- afraden verb (denounce)
- uitsluiten verb (banish or exclude)
- verbannen verb (banish or exclude)
Estonian
1 entries- keelama verb (forbid or prohibit)
Finnish
4 entries- eristää verb (banish or exclude)
- kieltää verb (forbid or prohibit)
- kieltää verb (denounce)
- syrjäyttää verb (banish or exclude)
French
4 entries- bannir verb (banish or exclude)
- déconseiller verb (denounce)
- dénoncer verb (denounce)
- exclure verb (banish or exclude)
German
4 entries- verbannen verb (banish or exclude)
- verbieten verb (forbid or prohibit)
- verbieten verb (denounce)
- ächten verb (banish or exclude)
Hungarian
4 entries- betilt verb (forbid or prohibit)
- ellenjavall verb (denounce)
- elmarasztal verb (denounce)
- eltilt verb (forbid or prohibit)
Irish
1 entries- coisc verb (forbid or prohibit)
Italian
1 entries- proscrivere verb (forbid or prohibit)
Latin
3 entries- interdico verb (forbid or prohibit)
- prohibeo verb (forbid or prohibit)
- veto verb (forbid or prohibit)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bannlyse verb (banish or exclude)
- forbanne verb (banish or exclude)
- forby verb (forbid or prohibit)
- forby verb (denounce)
Portuguese
3 entries- banir verb (banish or exclude)
- proibir verb (forbid or prohibit)
- proscrever verb (forbid or prohibit)
Romanian
1 entries- interzice verb (forbid or prohibit)
Russian
4 entries- запрети́ть verb (forbid or prohibit)
- запреща́ть verb (forbid or prohibit)
- осуди́ть verb (denounce)
- осужда́ть verb (denounce)
Spanish
2 entries- proscribir verb (forbid or prohibit)
- proscribir verb (denounce)
Sample sentences
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The law proscribes driving a car while intoxicated.
Source: wiktionary
The word ‘ain't’ is proscribed by many authorities.
Source: wiktionary
If Joseph Willet, the denounced and proscribed of 'prentices, had happened to be at home when his father's courtly guest presented himself before the Maypole door— [...] he would have contrived, by hook or crook, to dive to the very bottom of Mr. Chester's mystery, and to come at his purpose with as much certainty as though he had been his confidential adviser.
Source: wiktionary
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