(~s)
1.
The ~ of something is the act of deliberately not using, allowing, or considering it.
It calls for the ~ of all commercial lending institutions from the college loan program...
N-VAR: oft N of n
2.
Exclusion is the act of preventing someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity.
...women’s ~ from political power...
N-UNCOUNT: usu with poss, oft N from n
3.
If you do one thing to the ~ of something else, you only do the first thing and do not do the second thing at all.
Diane had dedicated her life to caring for him to the ~ of all else.
PHRASE: usu PHR after v, PHR n