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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCLU'SION, n. s as z. The act of excluding, or of thrusting out; ejection; as the exclusion of a fetus.
1. The act of denying entrance or admission; a shutting out.
2. The act of debarring from participation in a privilege, benefit, use or enjoyment.
3. Rejection; non-reception or admission, in a general sense.
4. Exception.
5. Ejection; that which is emitted or thrown out.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being excluded [ant: inclusion]
2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure]
3: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
4: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin exclusion-, exclusio, from excludere Date: 15th century 1. the act or an instance of excluding 2. the state of being excluded • exclusionary adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the act or an instance of excluding; the state of being excluded. Phrases and idioms: exclusion order Brit. an official order preventing a person (esp. a suspected terrorist) from entering the UK. exclusion principle Physics see PAULI EXCLUSION PRINCIPLE. to the exclusion of so as to exclude. Derivatives: exclusionary adj. Etymology: L exclusio (as EXCLUDE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exclusion 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(exclusions) 1. The exclusion of something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it. It calls for the exclusion of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan program... N-VAR: oft N of n 2. Exclusion is the act of preventing someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity. ...women's exclusion from political power... N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss, oft N from n 3. If you do one thing to the exclusion of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all. Diane had dedicated her life to caring for him to the exclusion of all else. PHRASE: usu PHR after v, PHR n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Preclusion, rejection. 2. Prohibition. 3. Exception, omission, non-inclusion. 4. Expulsion, ejection.

Moby Thesaurus

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