About The Word Proscription
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Proscription
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What's The Definition Of Proscription?
[n] rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
[n] a decree that prohibits something Synonyms | Synonyms for Proscription: ban | banishment | interdiction | prohibition Related Terms | Find terms related to Proscription: 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 Proscription In Webster's Dictionary \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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