English Explanatory Dictionary

exclusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of excluding or shutting out; removal from consideration or taking part.
  2. The act of pushing or forcing something out.
  3. An item not covered by an insurance policy.

Pronunciation

/ɪksˈkluːʒən/ en-us-exclusion.ogg

Word forms

exclusion exclusions

Etymology

From Middle English exclusion, exclusioun, from Old French [Term?] and Latin exclusiō, from exclūdō. By surface analysis, exclude + -sion.

Antonyms

inclusion

Derived words

antiexclusion bioexclusion competitive exclusion exclusionary exclusion chromatography Exclusioner exclusionism exclusionist exclusion unit exclusion zone internal exclusion nonexclusion overexclusion Pauli exclusion principle self-exclusion size-exclusion chromatography statutory exclusion to the exclusion of
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