proscription
noun/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/ · /pɹoʊˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).
1
A prohibition.
2
History, Human sciences, Sciences Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
- He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]1837, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1:
3
The act of proscribing, or its result.
4
A decree or law that prohibits.
- Derived terms
- deproscription, proscriptional, proscriptionist
- Related terms
- proscribe, proscriptive, proscriptively