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Proscription

Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).

proscription (plural proscriptions)

A prohibition.
(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 [...]
The act of proscribing, or its result.
A decree or law that prohibits.

a prohibition

act of proscribing

Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībere (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībere.

proscription f (plural proscriptions)

(history) Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution.
Banishment of a person or group.
Proscription (2)