| Noun | 1. | exclusion - the state of being excludedsituation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt banishment, Coventry, ostracism - the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" debarment - the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) | |
| 2. | exclusion - the state of being excommunicated | |
| 3. | exclusion - a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news"omission - neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something | |
| 4. | exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"defenestration - the act of throwing someone or something out of a window deportation - the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien ostracism - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent ousting, ouster - the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | |