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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典
 pro·scrip·tion /proˈskrɪpʃən/
 剝奪人權,處罰的宣告,放逐
From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 Pro·scrip·tion n.
 1. The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription.
    Every victory by either party had been followed by a sanguinary proscription.   --Macaulay.
 2. The state of being proscribed; denunciation; interdiction; prohibition.
 
From: WordNet (r) 2.0
 proscription
      n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, ban]
      2: rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing
         someone [syn: banishment]