exclusion

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EXCLU'SION, noun s as z. The act of excluding, or of thrusting out; ejection; as the exclusion of a fetus. 1. The act of denying entrance or admission; a shutting out. 2. The act of debarring from participation in a privilege, benefit, use or enjoyment. 3. Rejection; non-reception or admission, in a general sense. 4. Exception. 5. Ejection; that which is emitted or thrown out.
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