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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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