exclusion

Meaning

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

Synonyms

ostracism

exception

expulsion

rejection

elimination

excommunication

removal

omission

ejection

exemption

leaving out

eliminate

riddance

elision

censure

exclude

reject

expel

limiting

marking

obstruction

ostracize

partition

preclusion

relegation

remove

repel

repulse

repulsion

restricting

separation

shutout

skip

withdrawal

xenophobia

cutting off

prohibition

prevention

excl

keeping out

breed out

avoidance

surface exclusion

banishment

barring

blackballing

blockade

blockage

boycott

confining

debarring

deletion

demarcation

deportation

disappointment

dismissal

divider

eject

excepting

Hyphenated as

ex‧clu‧sion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪksˈkluːʒən/

Etymology

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