2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exclusion
n 1: the state of being excluded [ant: {inclusion}]
2: the state of being excommunicated [syn: {excommunication}, {censure}]
3: a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the
children, everyone was told the news" [syn: {exception}]
4: the act of expelling someone [syn: {ejection}, {expulsion},
{riddance}]
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