proscription Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a decree that prohibits something
    ban; prohibition.
  2. noun rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
    banishment.

WordNet

Pro*scrip"tion noun
Etymology
L. proscriptio: cf. F. proscription.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913