Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proscription"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Every victory by either party had been followed by a
sanguinary proscription. --Macaulay.
2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction;
prohibition. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proscription
n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: {prohibition}, {ban},
{interdiction}]
2: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing
someone [syn: {banishment}]
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