exclusion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exclusion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exclusion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exclusion n the state of being excluded Antonym(s): inclusion the state of being excommunicated Synonym(s): excommunication, exclusion, censure a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" Synonym(s): exception, exclusion, elision the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" Synonym(s): ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exclusion \Exclu"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.