Meaning of PROSCRIPTION
| Pronunciation: | | prow'skripshun
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- [n] rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
- [n] a decree that prohibits something
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| | Synonyms: | | ban, banishment, interdiction, prohibition |
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| | See Also: | | anathematisation, anathematization, banning-order, cease and desist order, decree, deportation, disbarment, edict, ejection, enjoining, enjoinment, excision, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion, fiat, injunction, order, rejection, relegation, rescript, riddance, rustication, transportation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pro*scrip"tion\, n. [L. proscriptio: cf. F.
proscription.]
1. 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.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a
sanguinary proscription. --Macaulay.
2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction;
prohibition. --Macaulay.
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