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Exclusion   /ɪksklˈuʒən/   Listen
noun
Exclusion  n.  
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." "The exclusion of the duke from the crown of England and Ireland."
2.
(Physiol.) The act of expelling or ejecting a fetus or an egg from the womb.
3.
Thing emitted.





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"Exclusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... (iii) Exclusion. For purposes of this subparagraph, the terms "recreational vehicle" and "commercial truck" shall not include any fixed dwelling, whether a ...
— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
... in reparation for crimes committed; and that she should accept the most painful privations to make up for those which might be committed; she instituted there the perpetual adoration, and introduced the plain chant, in all its purity, to the exclusion of all others. ...
— En Route • J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
... well—the daughter of Alexander Hitchcock thought kindly of him. These rich and successful! They formed a kind of secret society, pledged to advance any member, to keep the others out by indifference. When the others managed to get in, for any reason, they lent them aid to the exclusion of those left outside. So long as it looked as if he were to have a berth in their cabin, they would ...
— The Web of Life • Robert Herrick
... not realize the evil effects of their law against faithless wives,—its glaring indelicacy, and brutalizing influence on the minds of the young; but it was of a piece with their exclusion of church-music and other amenities of civilization. Was it through a natural attraction for the primeval granite that they landed on the New England coast? Their severe self- discipline was certainly well adapted to their situation, ...
— The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne • Frank Preston Stearns
... bending them in every direction; and they so completely stopped our progress, that we were obliged to cut our way through them. No grass, or herb of any kind, grew between the roots of these trees, although the soil every where was extremely rich and good; but this may be attributed to the total exclusion of the sun, and the want of air, which doubtless ...
— An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island • John Hunter


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