proscribing
Declaring something forbidden
Proscribing is forbidding or condemning something, typically by official decree or authority.
To proscribe is to ban or prohibit: The constitution proscribes cruel and unusual punishment.
The word often appears in legal or formal contexts.
Not to be confused with prescribing, which means to recommend or order—nearly opposite meanings that are frequently mixed up.
Officially prohibiting something
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- outlawingMaking legally forbidden
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
- interdictingForbidding by authority
criminalizing · barring · restricting · censoring · suppressing · enjoining · vetoing · disallowing
Forcing permanent departure
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- expellingForcing someone out
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
- condemningExpressing severe disapproval
excommunicating · shunning · blacklisting · outcast · pariah · persona non grata · deportation · exile
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
- tabooCultural or social prohibition
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
- sinfulViolating moral law
- impureNot wholly clean
sacrilege · blasphemy · doctrine · commandment · edict · fatwa · excommunication · anathema
Reason to avoid treatment
- warningAlert about danger
- cautioningGiving advance warning
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
- restrictingPlacing limits upon
limiting · drug interaction · side effects · precaution · dosage · treatment · medication · therapy
banning
Officially prohibiting something
- prohibitingMaking something illegal
- outlawingMaking legally forbidden
- forbiddingIntimidatingly stern or hostile
interdicting · criminalizing · barring · restricting · censoring · suppressing · enjoining · vetoing · disallowing · legislation
banishing
Forcing permanent departure
- ostracizingExcluding from a group
- expellingForcing someone out
- denouncingPublicly declaring disapproval
condemning · excommunicating · shunning · blacklisting · outcast · pariah · persona non grata · deportation · exile · exclusion
forbidding
Intimidatingly stern or hostile
impure · sacrilege · blasphemy · doctrine · commandment · edict · fatwa · excommunication · anathema · heresy
contraindication
Reason to avoid treatment
- warningAlert about danger
- cautioningGiving advance warning
- discouragingCausing loss of confidence
restricting · limiting · drug interaction · side effects · precaution · dosage · treatment · medication · therapy · patient safety
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
proscribingpermitting
Giving consent or authorization
allowing · authorizing · sanctioning · enabling · licensing
proscribingendorsing
Publicly declaring approval
advocating · recommending · promoting · prescribing · championing
describe, description, prescription, described, describing, manuscript, subscribe, proscribe, scribe