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proscription

Syllables: pro·scrip·tion/pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/

proscription noun: a prohibition.

Noun

proscription (countable and uncountable, plural proscriptions)

  1. A prohibition.
  2. Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
    • He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]1837, Alfred John Church, William Jackson Brodribb, Tacitus' Annals, book 1
  3. The act of proscribing, or its result.
  4. A decree or law that prohibits.

proscription meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

proscription in Tamil

தடை செய்தல்

proscription in Urdu

جلاوطنی, ممانعت

proscription in Malayalam

forbidding, banning, prohibition
നിരോധനം, വിലക്ക്, നിരോധിക്കൽ, അവഗ്രഹണം, തടയൽ, നിഷിദ്ധി
bar, ban, prohibition
വിലക്ക്, നിരോധനം, പ്രതിബന്ധം, വിഘാതം, തടസ്സം, നിഷേധിക്കൽ
denunciation, condemnation, attacking
ദണ്ഡനവിധി, ബഹിഷ്കരണം, തള്ളിപ്പറയൽ, കുറ്റം ചുമത്തൽ, ആക്രമണം, നിന്ദ

Synonyms of proscription

All synonyms of proscription

Forms of proscription

pluralproscriptions

Origin of proscription

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

Words formed from proscription

Words that rhyme with proscription

Questions about proscription

What does proscription mean?
Proscription means a prohibition.
What is proscription in Tamil?
Proscription in Tamil is தடை செய்தல். See Proscription meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is proscription?
Proscription is a noun.
How do you pronounce proscription?
Proscription is pronounced /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/.
What is the plural of proscription?
The plural of proscription is proscriptions.

Words near proscription in the dictionary

  1. proscribers
  2. proscribes
  3. proscribeth
  4. proscribing
  5. proscript
  6. proscription
  7. proscriptional
  8. proscriptionist
  9. proscriptionists
  10. proscriptions
  11. proscriptive

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: proscription (page history and authors); proscription (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proscription (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); proscription (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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