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noun
A prohibition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: forbidding, forbode, sanction
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: attaintment, judgement, condemnation, conviction, proscription
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The act of proscribing, or its result.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A decree or law that prohibits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: banishment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rejection
Narrower terms: anathematization, anathematisation, disbarment, ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance, exile, deportation, expatriation, transportation, excommunication, excision, relegation, rustication
noun
a decree that prohibits something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: prohibition, ban
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
Narrower terms: banning-order, injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order, interdict, interdiction
History
From Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”).
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
