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pro·scrip·tion

 (prō-skrĭp′shən)
n.
1. The act of proscribing; prohibition.
2. The condition of having been proscribed; outlawry.

[Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, prōscrīptiōn-, public notice of outlawry, from prōscrīptus, past participle of prōscrībere, to proscribe; see proscribe.]

pro·scrip′tive adj.
pro·scrip′tive·ly adv.
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proscription

(prəʊˈskrɪpʃən)
n
1. the act of proscribing or the state of being proscribed
2. denunciation, prohibition, or exclusion
3. outlawry or ostracism
[C14: from Latin prōscriptiō; see proscribe]
proˈscriptive adj
proˈscriptively adv
proˈscriptiveness n
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pro•scrip•tion

(proʊˈskrɪp ʃən)

n.
1. the act of proscribing.
2. the state of being proscribed.
3. outlawry, interdiction, or prohibition.
[1350–1400; Middle English proscripcioun < Latin prōscrīptiō public notice of confiscation or outlawry =prōscrīb(ere) to proscribe + -tiō -tion]
pro•scrip′tive (-tɪv) adj.
pro•scrip′tive•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.proscription - a decree that prohibits somethingproscription - a decree that prohibits something  
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"
interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
2.proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
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
expulsion, riddance, ejection, 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 act of expelling a person from their native land; "men in exile dream of hope"; "his deportation to a penal colony"; "the expatriation of wealthy farmers"; "the sentence was one of transportation for life"
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"
rustication - banishment into the country
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proscription

noun
1. prohibition, ban, damning, dooming, boycott, embargo, rejection, condemnation, censure, denunciation, interdict the proscription of all customs not conforming to religious law
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proscription

noun
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Translations

proscription

[prəʊsˈkrɪpʃən] Nproscripción f
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proscription

[prəʊˈskrɪpʃən] n (= prohibition) → interdiction f
the proscription of sth → l'interdiction de qch
the proscription against sth → l'interdiction de qch
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proscription

nVerbot nt; (= ostracism)Ächtung f; (= banishment)Verbannung f
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proscription

[prəʊsˈkrɪpʃn] nproscrizione f
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References in classic literature ?
Charles Evremonde, called Darnay, in right of such proscription, absolutely Dead in Law.
"True," replied the marquise, without wincing in the slightest degree at the tragic remembrance thus called up; "but bear in mind, if you please, that our respective parents underwent persecution and proscription from diametrically opposite principles; in proof of which I may remark, that while my family remained among the stanchest adherents of the exiled princes, your father lost no time in joining the new government; and that while the Citizen Noirtier was a Girondin, the Count Noirtier became a senator."
The new king and his nobles had not only been led by years of proscription and exile to hate on principle everything that bore the name of Puritan, but had spent their exile at the French Court, where utterly cynical and selfish pursuit of pleasure and licentiousness of conduct were merely masked by conventionally polished manners.
The house, as the case stood, admirably lent itself; he might wonder at the taste, the native architecture of the particular time, which could rejoice so in the multiplication of doors - the opposite extreme to the modern, the actual almost complete proscription of them; but it had fairly contributed to provoke this obsession of the presence encountered telescopically, as he might say, focused and studied in diminishing perspective and as by a rest for the elbow.
While directing the immediate dismantling of all the structures of the disbanded group nationwide, the IGP declared that Force under his watch would not allow the Shi'ite members to violate the proscription of the sect by the court.
'Once the proscription case filed by the DOJ (Department of Justice) has materialized, and the RTC (Regional Trial Court) na naka-pending doon mag-grant ng proscription ng (grants the pending proscription of the) CPP-NPA as a terrorist organization, then whoever joins the CPP-NPA will be considered a terrorist and therefore in violation of the Human Security Act as it is now,' he added.
PSAPs are nonprescription devices that amplify environmental sounds (like reading glasses for the ears), but they generally lack some of the more advanced features of high-end proscription hearing aids.
The Counter Terrorism Unit will most importantly coordinated efforts to continue the proscription of the LTTE as a terrorist organization by foreign governments.
UK proscription won't stop Hezbollah's nefarious activities Mohamed Chebaro February 28, 2019 20:50 UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid.
However, making an announcement about the group's proscription is not enough; if the state has evidence of the outfit's involvement in militancy it should present the facts and pursue the legal course so that JuD's leadership can face justice.
The Department of Justice originally listed 649 individuals as terrorists, but the court dropped United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and three others from the proscription list last July.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has a pending petition for proscription before Manila RTC Branch 19 seeking to declare as terrorists the CPP-NPA.