Proscription — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a decree that prohibits something

rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəskɹˈɪpʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəskɹˈɪpʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəskɹˈɪpʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹəskɹˈɪpʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ban banishment prohibition

Word Forms

ban	verb	forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
proscribe	verb	command against
banish	verb	expel, as if by official decree

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Ächtung

ein Erlass, der etwas verbietet

🇪🇸Spanish

proscripción

un decreto que prohíbe algo

🇮🇹Italian

proscrizione

un decreto che vieta qualcosa

🇳🇱Dutch

verbod

een decreet dat iets verbiedt

🇵🇹Portuguese

proscrição

um decreto que proíbe algo

🇷🇺Russian

запрет

указ, запрещающий что-либо

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बहिष्कार

ऐसा आदेश जो किसी चीज़ पर रोक लगाता है

🇧🇩Bengali

নিষেধাজ্ঞা

একটি ডিক্রি যা কিছু নিষিদ্ধ করে

🇮🇳Tamil

தடை

எதையாவது தடை செய்யும் ஆணை

🇮🇳Telugu

నిషేధం

ఏదో నిషేధించే డిక్రీ

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रतिबंध

काहीतरी प्रतिबंधित करणारा हुकूम

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રતિબંધ

એક હુકમનામું જે કંઈક પ્રતિબંધિત કરે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಷೇಧ

ಏನನ್ನಾದರೂ ನಿಷೇಧಿಸುವ ತೀರ್ಪು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിലക്ക്

എന്തെങ്കിലും നിരോധിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഉത്തരവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪ੍ਰਸਕ੍ਰਿਪਸ਼ਨ

ਇੱਕ ਫ਼ਰਮਾਨ ਜੋ ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਮਨਾਹੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

نسخہ

ایک فرمان جو کسی چیز سے منع کرتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

禁令

禁止某事的法令

🇯🇵Japanese

禁止

何かを禁止する法令

🇰🇷Korean

금지

어떤 것을 금지하는 법령

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự cấm đoán

một nghị định cấm một cái gì đó

🇹🇭Thai

การสั่งห้าม

พระราชกฤษฎีกาที่ห้ามบางสิ่งบางอย่าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

pengasingan

sebuah ketetapan yang melarang sesuatu

🇵🇭Filipino

pagbabawal

isang kautusan na nagbabawal sa isang bagay

🇲🇾Malay

larangan

perintah yang melarang sesuatu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الحظر

حكم يحرم شيئا

🇮🇷Persian

ممنوعیت

فرمانی که چیزی را منع می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

yasaklama

bir şeyi yasaklayan hüküm

🇮🇱Hebrew

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