proscriptive

Variant of proscription

proscription definition

pro·scrip·tion (prō skrip′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a proscribing or being proscribed
  2. prohibition or interdiction

Etymology: ME proscripcioun < L proscriptio < proscriptus, pp.

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