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   proscription

   /prə(ʊ)ˈskrɪpʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of forbidding something; banning: "the proscription of the party after the 1715 Rebellion" Similar prohibitionprohibitingforbiddingbanningbanbarringbardisallowingruling outembargoembargoingvetoingvetomaking illegalinterdictinginterdictoutlawingtabooingcondemnationdenunciationattackcriticismcensuredenigrationdamningrejectionOpposite allowing
   • ▪ condemnation or denunciation of something: "he plays a the priest whose moral proscriptions lead only to catastrophe"

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