English Dictionary: exclusion | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |