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proscription

[ proh-skrip-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of proscribing.
  2. the state of being proscribed.
  3. the act of making something unlawful or illegal; interdiction or prohibition.


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Other Words From

  • pro·scrip·tive [proh-, skrip, -tiv], adjective
  • non·pro·scrip·tion noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proscription1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English proscripcioun, from Latin prōscrīptiōn- (stem of prōscrīptiō ) “public notice of confiscation or outlawry,” equivalent to prōscrīpt(us) (past participle of prōscrībere “to proscribe ”) + -iōn- -ion
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Example Sentences

Proscription and persecution were systematized in a manner without precedent, by the compilation of lists of all suspects.

Proscription was not the result of any trial but of the caprice of the general, and that too without any warning.

This Proscription of Sulla was the first instance of the kind, but it was repeated at a later time.

Proscription has its advantages—for one thing, it binds human hearts like hoops of steel.

Proscription, the miserable invention of ungenerous ambition.

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