exclusion Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of being excluded
  2. noun the state of being excommunicated
    censure; excommunication.
  3. noun a deliberate act of omission
    exception; elision.
    • with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news
  4. noun the act of forcing out someone or something
    expulsion; riddance; ejection.
    • the ejection of troublemakers by the police
    • the child's expulsion from school

WordNet

Ex*clu"sion noun
Etymology
L. exclusio: cf. F. exclusion. See Exclude.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913