proscription

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A prohibition.
2. (countable, uncountable) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of proscribing, or its result.
4. (countable, uncountable) A decree or law that prohibits.

Synonyms

prohibition

banishment

veto

ban

disallowance

outlawry

interdiction

forbiddance

denunciation

deportation

doom

excuse

exile

forbidding

injunction

interdict

judgement

judgment

justification

negation

sentence

taboo

tusk

verdict

vindication

finding of fact

general verdict

adjudication

judgment of conviction

banning

bar

blacklist

call

condemnation

decree

defence

Translations

proscripción

interdiction

prohibición

proscrizione

proscription

proscripció

verbod

Verbot

bannissement

proscrição

défense

Interdikt

divieto

esilio

interdict

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: proscripcion

In summary

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