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Proscriptions

A prohibition.

📖 Definitions of "Proscriptions"

noun
  1. 1

    A prohibition.

  2. 2

    (history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.

  3. 3

    The act of proscribing, or its result.

  4. 4

    A decree or law that prohibits.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Proscriptions"

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WordDefinition
prohibitionnounA law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
interdictionnounThe act of interdicting or something interdicted.
banishmentnounThe state of being banished, exile.
bannounA prohibition.
proscribedForbidden or prohibited.
prohibitionsnounA law prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcohol.
proscribesverb(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
proscribingverb(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
preceptsnounA rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
proscribeverb(transitive) To forbid or prohibit.
prescriptiveOf or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
prohibitoryThat serves to prohibit or forbid
prescriptivelyIn a prescriptive manner.
prohibitedverbForbidden; banned; unallowed.
regulationsnoun(countable) A law or administrative rule, issued by an organization, used to guide or prescribe the conduct of members of that organization.
prohibitingverb(transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
prescriptivismnoun(linguistics) The practice of prescribing idealistic norms, as opposed to describing realistic forms, of linguistic usage.
restrictionsnounA regulation or limitation that restricts.
proprietiesnounSuitability, fitness; the quality of being appropriate.
commandmentsnoun(religion) A divinely ordained command, especially one of the Ten Commandments.

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