Definitions for: Debar

[v] prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club"
[v] prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
[v] bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

Webster (1913) Definition: De*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.]
To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to
preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to
shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and
sometimes with of.

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to
debar us when we need Refreshment. --Milton.

Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from
the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized
life. --Buckle.

Synonyms: avert, avoid, bar, deflect, exclude, fend off, head off, obviate, stave off, suspend, ward off

See Also: disallow, expel, forbid, forbid, foreclose, forestall, interdict, kick out, penalise, penalize, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, punish, rusticate, send down, throw out, veto

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