exclusion
exclusion Lexical Profile
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• noun
The process or state of barring or shutting someone or something out from a place, group, privilege, or consideration.
"The committee worked to address the social exclusion of marginalized communities."
An item, risk, or condition specifically omitted or excepted from a rule, contract, or insurance policy.
"Flood damage is listed as a standard exclusion in most basic homeowner insurance policies."
British The temporary or permanent expulsion of a student from a school for disciplinary reasons.
"Repeated violations of the school code of conduct can result in fixed-term or permanent exclusion."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late Middle Ages from Latin exclusio, a noun of action derived from excludere, meaning 'to shut out' (from ex- 'out' and claudere 'to close, shut').