## Examples
- The new rules included a strict proscription against smoking indoors.
- Many citizens fled during the proscription of the rebel leaders.

## Derived Forms
- deproscription
- proscriptional
- proscriptionist

## Related Forms
- proscribe
- proscriptive
- proscriptively

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: proscripcion
- Root: prōscrīptiō

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

## AI Etymology
Proscription is from Middle English proscripcion, from Latin prōscrīptiō, from prōscrībō (originally "publish in writing"), from prō- and scrībō (“write”). Important recorded forms include *per- (Proto-Indo-European), proscripcion (Middle English), and prōscrīptiō (Latin). Current senses include an official ban or prohibition on something and the act of condemning or outlawing a person, often forcing them into exile. The wider family includes derived forms such as deproscription, proscriptional, and proscriptionist and related words such as proscribe, proscriptive, and proscriptively.

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- People & Society
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