proscribe Definition

proscribe
verb proscribed, proscribing

1. To prohibit or condemn something (eg a practice).

Thesaurus: prohibit, boycott, embargo, outlaw, condemn, bar, denounce, reject, doom, censure, exclude; Antonym: admit, allow.
2. historical
To outlaw or exile someone.

Derivative: proscriber
noun

Derivative: proscription
noun

The act of prohibiting or condemning
Thesaurus: prohibition, taboo, ban, boycott, embargo, rejection, denunciation, condemnation, expulsion, bar, damning; Antonym: admission, allowing.

Derivative: proscriptive
adj

Etymology: 16c: from Latin proscribere, proscriptum to write in front of, from scribere to write.

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A word sometimes confused with this one is prescribe.