proscribe

Verb

Meaning

To doom to destruction; to put out of the protection of law; to outlaw; to exile; as, Sylla and Marius proscribed each other's adherents.

To denounce and condemn; to interdict; to prohibit; as, the Puritans proscribed theaters.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

veto prohibit forbid disallow interdict nix prevent stop block sentence bar banned prohibited exile ban
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Antonyms

further include support back allow bear
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Hypernyms

require command

Hyponyms

bar ban exclude outlaw debar criminalize

Related terms

proscription proscriptive proscriptivist

Derivatives

proscribed proscribing

Examples

When a legislature undertakes to proscribe the exercise of a citizen's constitutional right to free speech, it acts lawlessly; and the citizen can take matters in his own hands and proceed on the basis that such a law is no law at all. William O. Douglas

Croatian linguists proscribe words that are common to the majority of the Croatian people just to make a difference to the language in Serbia. Snježana Kordić

I forbid you to call me late at night Source: Internet

Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store Source: Internet

Dad nixed our plans Source: Internet

Although the law itself did not proscribe the use of some of these preservatives, consumers increasingly turned away from many products with known preservatives. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prosclerotic proscolex proscribable proscribed proscriber proscript