[syn: banishment, proscription]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Proscription \Pro*scrip"tion\, n. [L. proscriptio: cf. F.
proscription.]
1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile;
outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the
public offer of a reward for the head of a political
enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman
citizens fell by proscription.
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Every victory by either party had been followed by a
sanguinary proscription. --Macaulay.
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2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction;
prohibition. --Macaulay.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
proscription
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing
someone [syn: banishment, proscription]