English noun: proscription |
1. | proscription (communication) a decree that prohibits something |
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| Synonyms | ban, prohibition |
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| Broader (hypernym) | decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | banning-order, cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction, interdict, interdiction |
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2. | proscription (act) rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
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| Synonyms | banishment |
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| Broader (hypernym) | rejection |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | anathematisation, anathematization, deportation, disbarment, ejection, excision, exclusion, excommunication, exile, expatriation, expulsion, relegation, riddance, rustication, transportation |
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