proscription

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/, /pɹoʊˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

Noun

proscription

1. A prohibition.
2. (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
   • 1837, Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1

     He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]

3. The act of proscribing, or its result.
4. A decree or law that prohibits.

Related terms

• proscribe
• proscriptive
• proscriptively

Translations

• Italian: proibizione, divieto, abolizione, proscrizione

Translations

• Italian: proscrizione, proscritto, esiliato, deportato

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