exclusion
/ɪksˈkluːʒən/ noun
Forms exclusions
- noun The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
- noun (obsolete) The act of pushing or forcing something out.
- noun An item not covered by an insurance policy.
Synonyms
excommunication censure exception elision ejection expulsion riddance
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion.
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
- noun The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.
Etymology [L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exclusion”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details