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Noun: proscription  prow'skrip-shun [N. Amer], pru'skrip-shun [Brit]
  1. A decree that prohibits something
    - prohibition, ban
     
  2. Rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
    - banishment

Derived forms: proscriptions

See also: proscribe

Type of: decree, edict, fiat, order, rejection, rescript

Encyclopedia: Proscription

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