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proscription
[ proh-skrip-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of proscribing.
- the state of being proscribed.
- the act of making something unlawful or illegal; interdiction or prohibition.
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Other Words From
- pro·scrip·tive [proh-, skrip, -tiv], adjective
- non·pro·scrip·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of proscription1
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Example Sentences
Proscription and persecution were systematized in a manner without precedent, by the compilation of lists of all suspects.
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Proscription was not the result of any trial but of the caprice of the general, and that too without any warning.
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This Proscription of Sulla was the first instance of the kind, but it was repeated at a later time.
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Proscription has its advantages—for one thing, it binds human hearts like hoops of steel.
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Proscription, the miserable invention of ungenerous ambition.
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