proscription

Meaning

Noun

• A prohibition.
• Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
• The act of proscribing, or its result.
• A decree or law that prohibits.

Origin

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