proscription

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An official ban or prohibition on something.

   The new rules included a strict proscription against smoking indoors.

2. 2
   noun

   The act of condemning or outlawing a person, often forcing them into exile.

   Many citizens fled during the proscription of the rebel leaders.

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

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