'Exclusion' definitions:
Definition of 'exclusion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of being excluded [ant: inclusion]
noun
The state of being excommunicated [syn: excommunication, exclusion, censure]
noun
A deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" [syn: exception, exclusion, elision]
noun
Definition of 'Exclusion'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland. --Hume. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Thing emitted. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exclusion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abscission,
- amputation,
- annihilation,
- ban,
- banishment,
- bar,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- complaint,
- contempt,
- contraband,
- contradiction,
- declination,
- declining,
- defrocking,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- denial,
- depluming,
- deportation,
- deprivation,
- despisal,
- despising,
- destruction,
- dim view,
- disagreement,
- disallowance,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- disbarment,
- discard,
- disclamation,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- discounting,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disfellowship,
- disgruntlement,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- dismissal,
- disownment,
- displeasure,
- displuming,
- disregard,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- distaste,
- Eighteenth Amendment,
- ejection,
- elimination,
- embargo,
- eradication,
- eviction,
- exception,
- excision,
- excommunication,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- expulsion,
- extinction,
- extirpation,
- extradition,
- forbiddance,
- forbidden fruit,
- forbidding,
- fugitation,
- ignoring,
- index,
- index expurgatorius,
- index librorum prohibitorum,
- indignation,
- inhibition,
- injunction,
- interdict,
- interdiction,
- interdictum,
- law,
- lockout,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- mutilation,
- no-no,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- nonconsideration,
- objection,
- omission,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- ostracization,
- ouster,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- passing by,
- preclusion,
- prevention,
- prohibition,
- Prohibition Party,
- prohibitory injunction,
- proscription,
- protest,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recantation,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- removal,
- renouncement,
- repression,
- repudiation,
- repulse,
- rescission,
- restrictive covenants,
- riddance,
- ruling out,
- rustication,
- scouting,
- spurning,
- statute,
- stripping,
- sumptuary laws,
- suppression,
- taboo,
- throwing out,
- thumbs-down,
- transportation,
- turning out,
- unfrocking,
- unhappiness,
- Volstead Act,
- zoning,
- zoning laws