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• n  a decree that prohibits something
• n  rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

• Many Americans, including myself, struggle with weight issues, and need proscription drugs to deal with various physical and psychological problems.
• This could be followed up with a proscription on further vote recounts in Florida, a campaign against sloppy handwriting among senior citizens, an anti-lisping pogrom.
• The American proscription against cousin marriages grew in the 19th century as wilderness settlers tried to distinguish themselves from the "savage" Indians, says Martin .

• prohibition
• ban
• banishment

News & Articles

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• Top Story
  All citizens of the West should lament the increasing proscription of speech in Europe, where the authorities often adjudge certain speech to be “racist” or “offensive.”
  June 11, 2013 - The Harrisonburg Daily News-Record

Quotes

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• Tony McNulty in guardian.co.uk
  The home office minister Tony McNulty said: "I am disappointed at this judgment. We don't accept it and we intend to appeal. The government adopted a cautious approach in relation to the de-proscription of the People's Mujahideen organisation of...
• Jay Bybee in Collective Bellaciao
  Certain acts may be cruel, inhuman, or degrading, but still not produce pain and suffering of the requisite intensity to fall within [a legal] proscription against torture,Bybee wrote to Alberto R Gonzales, the White House counsel. "We...
• Janice Rogers Brown in San Diego Union Tribune
  Even if an ordinance assists minorities, Brown wrote, "benign motivation cannot sanction a requirement that conflicts with the proscription against discrimination and preferential treatment on the basis of race and sex."