exclusion
/ɪkˈskluːʒ(ə)n
/ /ɛkˈskluːʒ(ə)n/noun [mass noun]
1The process of excluding or the state of being excluded: he had a hand in my exclusion from the committee...
- Their detention, removal and exclusion from the territory are inconsistent with any or all of those words.
- Unable to see the areas themselves, all you have to go on is the circles of exclusion, the difficulties in movement.
- No economic system can take the moral high ground when it comes to social and economic exclusion.
Synonyms
barring, keeping out, debarment, debarring, disbarring, banning, ban, prohibition, embargo;
rejection, ostracism, banishment
elimination, ruling out, factoring out;
precluding
expulsion, removal, ejection, throwing out;
suspension
1.1 [count noun] An item or eventuality specifically not covered by an insurance policy or other contract: exclusions can be added to your policy...
- You should shop around, since the level of cover and exclusions vary greatly between providers.
- There is low acceptance among general practitioners and patients of recently imposed contract exclusions.
- Among the exclusions from cover listed in the Special Conditions is non-accidental pollution.
Phrases
to the exclusion of
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin exclusio(n-), from excludere 'shut out' (see exclude).