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Definitions for: Exclusion [n] the act of expelling someone
[n] a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"
[n] the state of being excluded
[n] the state of being excommunicated
Webster (1913) Definition: Ex*clu"sion, n. [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See
Exclude.]
1. The act of excluding, or of shutting out, whether by
thrusting out or by preventing admission; a debarring;
rejection; prohibition; the state of being excluded.
His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. --Milton.
The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England
and Ireland. --Hume.
2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an
egg from the womb.
3. Thing emitted. --Sir T. Browne.
Synonyms: censure, ejection, elision, exception, excommunication, expulsion, riddance
Antonyms: inclusion
See Also: banishment, banishment, barring, blackball, Coventry, debarment, deportation, omission, ostracism, ostracism, ouster, ousting, proscription, rejection, situation, state of affairs
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