Definition of proscription Proscription
/pɹowskɹɪˈpʃʌn/ - [prowskripshun] - pro•scrip•tion
We found 10 definitions of proscription from 5 different sources.
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What does proscription mean?
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| 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 | ||
| ejection, riddance, expulsion, 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 expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | ||
| 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" | ||
| proscription - a decree that prohibits something | ||
| prohibition, ban | ||
| 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" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- proscription (Noun)
A prohibition. - proscription (Noun)
Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity. - proscription (Noun)
The act of proscribing, or its result. - proscription (Noun)
A decree or law that prohibits.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- proscription (n.)
The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription. - proscription (n.)
The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
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proscription
The act of expelling or relegating someone to a country or place by authoritative decree.
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🔤- proscription, noun, singular of proscriptions.
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