Proscription vs Imposition - What's the difference?
proscription | imposition |
A prohibition.
(history) Decree of condemnation toward one or more persons, especially in the Roman antiquity.
* 1837 , Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb,
The act of proscribing, or its result.
A decree or law that prohibits.
The act of imposing]], laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, [[obtrude, obtruding, and the like.
That which is imposed, levied]], or [[enjoin, enjoined.
An excessive, arbitrary, or unlawful exaction; hence, a trick or deception put or laid on others.
(printing) Arrangement of a printed product’s pages on the printer's sheet so as to have the pages in proper order in the final product.
(religion) A practice of laying hands on a person in a religious ceremony; used e.g. in confirmation and ordination.
(UK) A task imposed on a student as punishment.
As nouns the difference between proscription and imposition
is that proscription is a prohibition while imposition is the act of imposing, laying on, affixing, enjoining, inflicting, obtruding, and the like.proscription
English
(wikipedia proscription)Noun
(en noun)- He was wholly unopposed, for the boldest spirits had fallen in battle, or in the proscription [...]