Antonyms for proscription
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : proh-skrip-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : proʊˈskrɪp ʃən |
Definition of proscription
Origin :- late 14c., "decree of condemnation, outlawry," from Latin proscriptionem (nominative proscriptio) "a public notice (of sale); proscription, outlawry, confiscation," noun of action from past participle stem of proscribere (see proscribe).
- noun forbiddance
- Cicero was included in the first 17 victims of the Proscription.
- Extract from : « A Smaller History of Rome » by William Smith and Eugene Lawrence
- Proscription, the miserable invention of ungenerous ambition.
- Extract from : « Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke » by Edmund Burke
- Proscription has its advantages—for one thing, it binds human hearts like hoops of steel.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 » by Elbert Hubbard
- This Proscription of Sulla was the first instance of the kind, but it was repeated at a later time.
- Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume II » by Aubrey Stewart & George Long
- Proscription and persecution were systematized in a manner without precedent, by the compilation of lists of all suspects.
- Extract from : « A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 4 » by Henry Charles Lea
- Proscription was not the result of any trial but of the caprice of the general, and that too without any warning.
- Extract from : « History Of Ancient Civilization » by Charles Seignobos
Synonyms for proscription
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