EXCLUSION

ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; “the ejection of troublemakers by the police”; “the child’s expulsion from school”

exception, exclusion, elision

(noun) a deliberate act of omission; “with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news”

exclusion

(noun) the state of being excluded

excommunication, exclusion, censure

(noun) the state of being excommunicated

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

exclusion (countable and uncountable, plural exclusions)

The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part. [from 17th c.]

(obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out. [17th-19th c.]

An item not covered by an insurance policy. [from 20th c.]

Antonyms

• inclusion

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*clu"sion, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.

3. Thing emitted. Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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